America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to an Academy Award nomination. In 2007, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, 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 Traveling Pants (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. 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 notable 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). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, including the three films and the television series Dreamworks Dragons. She co-produced and starred as Amy Sosa in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021).
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Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, 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 Traveling Pants (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. 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 notable 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). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, including the three films and the television series Dreamworks Dragons. She co-produced and starred as Amy Sosa in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021).
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Known for
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Elio
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Dumb Money
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Barbie
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Angel City
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WeCrashed
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History 101
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Gentefied
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
![How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xvx4Yhf0DVH8G4LzNISpMfFBDy2.jpg)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
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Shine On with Reese
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Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
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The Words That Built America
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100 Years
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America Divided
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Special Correspondents
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The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
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Superstore
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
![Dragons: Race to the Edge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y5sNfaTvWR3ObILyf9uV6deAcKT.jpg)
Dragons: Race to the Edge
![Lip Sync Battle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AYmEExaBgjiEIwrLPb7AoH4nqy.jpg)
Lip Sync Battle
![The Late Late Show with James Corden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPmVoG8G9tc1nN8ZwGV2zYcknit.jpg)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
![Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sgOXOQyPIjeMi1bnWu1r0CzLsZD.jpg)
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
![How to Train Your Dragon 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d13Uj86LdbDLrfDoHR5aDOFYyJC.jpg)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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X/Y
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Cesar Chavez
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Six by Sondheim
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It's a Disaster
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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End of Watch
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DreamWorks Dragons
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Book of Dragons
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The Latino List
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Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
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How to Train Your Dragon - Legends
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Conan
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Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
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The Dry Land
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How to Train Your Dragon
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Our Family Wedding
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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The Good Wife
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Tinker Bell
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
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Under the Same Moon
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Towards Darkness
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Ugly Betty
![Steel City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wSrm5hrbkMfYaYpKoS8zDzqUuOy.jpg)
Steel City
![Lords of Dogtown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k2NiPfydLSwmk28C6qpvpJPuqtq.jpg)
Lords of Dogtown
![The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wNshlUT6IZEz2AF3iZrlb2mX0pR.jpg)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
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Plainsong
![Darkness Minus Twelve](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4KmTrX3noplH9KkxXiaCxaG39y3.jpg)
Darkness Minus Twelve
![The Ellen DeGeneres Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/PhUYIGUUk1RzWq2Aw3TqH65McE.jpg)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
![Real Time with Bill Maher](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pbpoLLp4kvnYVfnEGiEhagpJuVZ.jpg)
Real Time with Bill Maher
![Jimmy Kimmel Live!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6uKEYejjR88GwHgNq6NAQ30glTx.jpg)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
![Real Women Have Curves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ziemD3ATULYKt399FkO1ZhAwrOH.jpg)
Real Women Have Curves
![Gotta Kick It Up!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3pTKPtHKcVAMjHmRbUOV3Lu5Ljy.jpg)
Gotta Kick It Up!
![Curb Your Enthusiasm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mZqWmSq1M61Jlre3furVDSXvdrN.jpg)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
![CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i5hmoRjHNWady4AtAGICTUXknKH.jpg)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
![The Early Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iJvwr7kL0Q7BtrYC38KQ5baPw7g.jpg)
The Early Show
![Independent Lens](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d0NYnObKs6JHrPkeYbE8oznDsxf.jpg)
Independent Lens
![The View](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn5ZtKXYo8XOoXUgtQxw7q2CjVt.jpg)
The View
![Touched by an Angel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jiSv0xNx6MGhAFfv05Ov7DgDELJ.jpg)
Touched by an Angel
![Late Night with Conan O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJZ1rhLLFpatuAeylJoUI82DKC7.jpg)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
![The Tonight Show with Jay Leno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xAFMZ3wFIEXTISryRZD94AAvWng.jpg)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
![LIVE with Kelly and Mark](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b90Z7Nlw1EzPz38oL3utlvFjmFR.jpg)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
![Entertainment Tonight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rVAMCmlyDqhw20NHg5jk9sMuMNg.jpg)
Entertainment Tonight
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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The Emmy Awards