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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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Filmography
all 90
Movies 49
TV Shows 41
self 37
Voice 4
Producer 1
Director 1
Elio (2025)
Dumb Money (2023)
The Barbie Story (2023)
Barbie (2023)
Angel City (2023)
WeCrashed (2022)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy (2020)
History 101 (2020)
Gentefied (2020)
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Shine On with Reese (2018)
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? (2017)
The Words That Built America (2017)
100 Years (2017)
America Divided (2016)
Special Correspondents (2016)
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)
Superstore (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
X/Y (2014)
Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
Dragon Eye of the Beholder (2013)
It's a Disaster (2013)
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2012)
End of Watch (2012)
DreamWorks Dragons (2012)
Book of Dragons (2011)
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
The Latino List (2011)
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story (2011)
How to Train Your Dragon - Legends (2010)
The Longoria Affair (2010)
Conan (2010)
Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Legends (2010)
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (2010)
The Dry Land (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Our Family Wedding (2010)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
The Good Wife (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Tinker Bell (2008)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Under the Same Moon (2008)
La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul (2007)
Towards Darkness (2007)
Muertas (2007)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Steel City (2006)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)
Plainsong (2004)
Darkness Minus Twelve (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Gotta Kick It Up! (2002)
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew (2002)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
Independent Lens (1999)
The View (1997)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Oscars (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
The Lost Bus
Get the Fire
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1984-04-18 (40 years old)
Birth NameAmerica Georgine Ferrera
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
SpouseRyan Piers Williams
ChildrenSebastian Ferrera
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As아메리카 퍼레라
AwardsBBC 100 Women, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
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