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America Ferrera

America Ferrera

Birthday: 1984-04-18 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

America Georgina Ferrera (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007 and 2024, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women list. Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama Real Women Have Curves, earning praise for her performance. She achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the comedy-dramas Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) and The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005). She garnered further critical acclaim and recognition for her starring role as Betty Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty (2006–2010). For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, the first for a Latina woman in the category. Ferrera's other film roles include the drama The Dry Land (2010), the romantic comedy Our Family Wedding (2010), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), and the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also voiced Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and co-produced and starred in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article America Ferrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Lost Bus

as    Mary Ludwig

2023
Barbie

as    Gloria

2023
Dumb Money

as    Jenny Campbell

2019
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

as    Astrid (voice)

2017
100 Years

as    Narrator (voice)

2016
Special Correspondents

as    Brigida

2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge

as    Astrid (voice)

2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2

as    Astrid (voice)

2014
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers

as    Astrid (voice)

2014
Cesar Chavez

as    Helen Chavez

2014
X/Y

as    Silvia

2013
It's a Disaster

as    Hedy Galili

2013
Six by Sondheim

as    Self / Mary

2012
End of Watch

as    Officer Orozco

2011
Book of Dragons

as    Astrid (voice)

2011
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

as    Astrid Hofferson (voice)

2011
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story

as    Self - Narrator

2010
How to Train Your Dragon

as    Astrid (voice)

2010
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

as    Astrid Hofferson (voice)

2010
Our Family Wedding

as    Lucia Ramirez

2010
The Dry Land

as    Sarah

2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

as    Carmen Lowell

2008
Tinker Bell

as    Fawn (voice)