America Ferrera
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Biography
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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Known For
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Oscars
The Good Wife
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Touched by an Angel
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Emmy Awards
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lip Sync Battle
Who Do You Think You Are?
WeCrashed
The Early Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
History 101
Gentefied
Angel City
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Under the Same Moon
End of Watch
Special Correspondents
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Tinker Bell
Elio
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
The Latino List
How to Train Your Dragon
Dumb Money
Barbie
Book of Dragons
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
DreamWorks Dragons
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Superstore
Ugly Betty
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