America Ferrera

Known for ActingBorn 1984-04-18 (age 42)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Muertas

Darkness Minus Twelve

Dragons: Race to the Edge

La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul

What If...?

Hallmark Hall of Fame

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

3:52

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Shine On with Reese

How to Train Your Dragon

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: Legends

DreamWorks Dragons

Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Under the Same Moon

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Superstore

The Good Wife

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

WeCrashed

End of Watch

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers

The Emmy Awards

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

History 101

The Lost Bus

Conan

Plainsong

Six by Sondheim

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Barbie

Touched by an Angel

Lords of Dogtown

The Latino List

Gentefied

Tinker Bell

Dumb Money

Who Do You Think You Are?

Book of Dragons

Angel City

Independent Lens

Gotta Kick It Up!

The Kelly Clarkson Show