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{{short description|American actress (born 1984)}} |
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| caption = America Ferrera, 2006 |
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{{Infobox person |
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| name = America Ferrera |
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1984|4|18}} |
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| image = 29th Critics Choice Awards America Ferrera SeeHer Award.png |
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| birthplace = [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|USA]] |
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| alt = Actress, America Ferrera, giving her acceptance speech of the SeeHer Award at the 29th Critics Choice Awards on January 14, 2024 |
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| emmyawards = '''[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]''' <br>2007 ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' |
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| caption = Ferrera in 2024 |
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| goldenglobeawards = '''[[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best TV Actress - Comedy/Musical]]'''<br/>2007 ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' |
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| birth_name = America Georgina Ferrera<!--Please do NOT change without providing reliable, published, third party sources.--> |
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| sagawards = '''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Comedy Series|Best Actress - Comedy Series]]''' <br/> 2006 ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|18}} |
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. |
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| alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]] (B.A.) |
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| occupation = Actress |
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| years_active = 2002–present |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ryan Piers Williams]]|2011}} |
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| children = 2 |
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| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera|Full list]] |
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'''America Georgin<!--- Please discuss on the talk page before changing from "a" to "e" --->a<!-- See sources provided, Ferrera herself states her middle name is "Georgina", NOT "Georgine" --> Ferrera'''<ref name="Georgina">{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Peter |date=August 2009 |title=Miss America |work=Gotham |url=http://www.gotham-magazine.com/GOT_MA09_102_MIS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228110456/http://www.gotham-magazine.com/GOT_MA09_102_MIS.html |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |access-date=September 19, 2009 |quote=Named after her mother, Ferrera says she detested the name America as a child. ... 'So I used my middle name, Georgina.' ... When she started acting professionally, she decided to go with her real first name again.}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|f|ə|ˈ|r|ɛər|ə}}; born April 18, 1984)<ref>{{cite news |title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, April 18, 2021 |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/04/18/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-April-18-2021/5291618711795/ |date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |work=[[United Press International]] |quote=actor America Ferrera in 1984 (age 37) |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525203712/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/04/18/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-April-18-2021/5291618711795/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received [[List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera|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 (magazine)|Time]]'' named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] and in 2023, she was named in [[BBC]]'s [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] list.<ref name=BBC>{{Cite web|title=BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234|website=[[BBC News]]|date=November 23, 2023|access-date=November 24, 2023|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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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 (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' (2005). She garnered further critical acclaim and recognition for her starring role as [[Betty Suarez]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] comedy-drama series ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' (2006–2010). For her performance, she won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]], a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series|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. |
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'''America Georgina Ferrera''' (born [[April 18]], [[1984]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. She is best known for her [[Golden Globe]]-, [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]]-, and [[Emmy Award]]-winning role as [[Betty Suarez]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television [[comedy-drama]] series ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' and for her roles in the films ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]'' and ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]''. |
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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 (film)|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 (TV series)|Superstore]]'' (2015–2021). |
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==Biography== |
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===Early life=== |
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Ferrera, the youngest of six siblings, was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], to [[Honduras|Honduran]] parents. She was raised by her mother in the [[Woodland Hills, California|Woodland Hills]] section of Los Angeles. She started acting at age eight in school plays and community theater. She attended George Ellery Hale Middle School and [[El Camino Real High School]] in Woodland Hills. In interviews, Ferrera has noted the contrast between the image of the “typical [[Latino|Latina]]” experience and her own childhood, observing that growing up in a mostly [[Jew]]ish, non-[[Latino]] neighborhood, she attended 52 [[bar mitzvah]]s and not a single ''[[quinceañera]]''."<ref name="estylo">Miller, Gerri. "America Ferrera: Why she's America's sweetheart!", ''Estylo'' magazine, February/March 2007, pp. 35-37</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
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===Career=== |
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Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web |title=America Ferrera: Activist, Television Actress, Film Actress (1984–) |url=http://www.biography.com/people/america-ferrera-201266 |website=[[Biography.com]] |publisher=[[A&E Networks]] |access-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231122603/https://www.biography.com/people/america-ferrera-201266 |archive-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Her parents, América Griselda Ayes and Carlos Gregorio Ferrera, were originally from [[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Arias |first=Gladis |date=August 25, 2010 |title=América Ferrera cambia de patito feo a diva |trans-title=America Ferrera changes from ugly duckling to diva |url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/Vida/Ediciones/2010/08/25/Noticias/America-Ferrera-cambia-de-patito-feo-a-diva |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831052233/http://www.elheraldo.hn/Vida/Ediciones/2010/08/25/Noticias/America-Ferrera-cambia-de-patito-feo-a-diva |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=April 8, 2013 |publisher=Elheraldo.hn |language=es}}</ref> Ferrera has stated that she has [[Lenca]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=America Ferrera on Instagram: "Tonight, I bring my own warrior ancestors with me, the indigenous Lenca tribe of Honduras. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XNYXKhTlQ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/americaferrera/2240318188384762192_2240318185708789970 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription |date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for one of the [[Hilton Hotels]],<ref name="Comita2007">{{cite web |last=Comita |first=Jenny |title=America Ferrera, Hot Betty |work=W |date=May 2007 |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/05/america_ferrera?currentPage=1 |access-date=February 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628211946/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/05/america_ferrera?currentPage=1 |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and stressed the importance of higher education.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1807809245/bio |title=America Ferrera's family background |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816001857/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/america-ferrera/biography.html |archive-date=August 16, 2013}}</ref> When Ferrera was seven, her parents divorced and her father returned to Honduras.<ref name="Biography Today">Biography Today, p. 78</ref> Ferrera was estranged from her father when he died there in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosario |first=Mariela |date=August 24, 2010 |title=America Ferrera's Father Passes Away |url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/america-ferreras-father-passes-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807192441/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/america-ferreras-father-passes-away |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |access-date=December 8, 2011 |work=Latina}}</ref> |
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In July of 2002, she made her first TV movie, ''[[Gotta Kick It Up!]]'' for [[The Disney Channel]]. That same year, she made her feature film debut in the indie sleeper hit ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]''. Ferrera followed this with roles in both television ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' and film ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' and ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]''. Ferrera received a 2005 Movieline Breakthrough Award. In December 2005, she appeared in the off-Broadway play ''[[Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead]]'', directed by Trip Cullman. |
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Ferrera was raised in the [[Woodland Hills, California|Woodland Hills]] section of Los Angeles, where she attended Calabash Street Elementary School, [[George Ellery Hale Middle School]] and [[El Camino Real High School]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Buchanan |first=Jason |year=2013 |title=Movies: Biography for America Ferrera |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/302580/America-Ferrera/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008025014/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/302580/America-Ferrera/biography |archive-date=October 8, 2013 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Movies & TV Dept.}}</ref> At age seven she played a small role in a school production of ''[[Hamlet]]'', and when she was 10 she played the [[Artful Dodger]] in ''[[Oliver!]]''. |
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She landed the lead role in ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' in 2006. Ugly Betty is an adaptation of the [[Colombian]] hit telenovela ''[[Betty La Fea]]'', in which she portrays a girl whom her peers find extremely unattractive, thus the series title. As [[Betty Suarez]], Ferrera wears braces, has bushy eyebrows and a disheveled wig, and make-up and clothing intended to downplay her own looks. Ferrera’s famous smile is reportedly insured by [[Lloyd's of London]] for $10 million.<ref name="lloyds">{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Lloyd's insures Ugly Betty star's smile for $10 million | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Lloyd's News Centre | date =[[2007-05-11]] | url =http://www.lloyds.com/News_Centre/Features_from_Lloyds/Lloyds_insures_Ugly_Bettys_smile.htm | accessdate =2007-10-26 }}</ref> It’s in contrast to the rest of the show, where everybody else is glammed up”, adding that it was Ferrera herself who coined the term “Bettification” to describe the process.<ref name="usatoday">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-10-04-betty-transform-main_x.htm It's a 'Bettification' project], ''USA Today'', October 4, 2006</ref> |
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While at El Camino High School, she took acting lessons. She entered the [[University of Southern California]] (USC) on a [[Presidential Scholars Program|presidential scholarship]], [[Double degree|double-majoring]] in theatre and [[international relations]]. She dropped out to focus on her acting career, but completed her bachelor's degree in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Natalie |title=America Ferrera Graduating From College After 10 Years |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/418798/america-ferrera-graduating-from-college-after-10-years |publisher=E! |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref> |
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For her role in ''Ugly Betty'', Ferrera won the 2007 [[Golden Globe]] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical, beating out fellow nominees [[Marcia Cross]], [[Felicity Huffman]], [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] and [[Mary-Louise Parker]]. As a result of the award, she was congratulated by the U.S. House of Representatives as being a role model for young [[Hispanic]]s.<ref name="wenn0119">[http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-01-19/#2 IMDB Press Release], January 19, 2007</ref> On 28 January 2007 Ferrera won the prestigious [[Screen Actors Guild]] Award for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series. She also starred in and executive produced the poignant short film ''Muertas''. |
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==Career== |
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In 2007, ''[[Time Magazine]]'' chose Ferrera as one of the top artists and entertainers in their “Time 100: The Most Influential People In The World” issue.<ref name="time">{{cite news | last =White | first =Kate | coauthors = | title =The Time 100: America Ferrera | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =''Time Magazine'' | date = | url =http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616652,00.html | accessdate =2007-10-26 }}</ref> In July 2007, America Ferrera also won Imagen Foundation’s Creative Achievement Award.<ref>[http://poponthepop.com/2007/07/30/america-ferrera-cant-stop-picking-up-awards/ America Ferrera wins an Imagen]</ref> |
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===Debut and early roles (2002–2005)=== |
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On September 16, 2007, Ferrera won a ''[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series]]'' for her role of Betty Suarez on ABC’s Ugly Betty. In the summer of 2007, she wrapped filming on the sequel to ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants''. |
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In July 2002, Ferrera appeared in her first television film, ''[[Gotta Kick It Up!]]'' for [[The Disney Channel]]. While at a theatre program at [[Northwestern University]] that same year,<ref>Biography Today, p. 80</ref> she made her feature movie debut in ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]''. Ferrera followed this with roles in television (''[[Touched by an Angel]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=America Ferrera Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/america-ferrera/biography.html |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |access-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112215729/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/america-ferrera/biography.html |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> She also appeared in the movie ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame#Season 53 (2003-2004)|Plainsong]]'', based on the [[Plainsong (novel)|novel]] by [[Kent Haruf]], which also featured [[Aidan Quinn]] and [[Rachel Griffiths]]. Ferrera played a pregnant teenager, Victoria Roubideaux, who has been kicked out of her mother's house; she is taken in by two kindly brothers who live alone on a farm.<ref>Biography Today, pp. 82–83</ref> In the 2005 film ''[[How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer]]'', she starred as Bianca, a 17-year-old third-generation Mexican-American who is disgusted with the boys in her neighborhood but finds romance with a boy from a neighboring town. In 2006, she appeared in the short film ''3:52'', which won the Audience Award at the San Diego Women Film Festival. Later that year, she featured in the movie ''[[Steel City]]'', which received nominations at the [[Film Independent Spirit Awards]] and the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>Biography Today, p. 87</ref> In December 2005, she appeared in the Off-Broadway play ''[[Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead]]'', directed by Trip Cullman. |
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===Breakthrough and rise to fame (2006–2010)=== |
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===Personal life=== |
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[[File:America Ferrera 2010.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|Ferrera at the 2010 Voice Awards]] |
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Ferrera is the youngest of six siblings which include one brother and four sisters. She is currently dating [[Ryan Piers Williams]]. They first met while working on his student film at USC. Ferrera has repeatedly denied rumors that they are engaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=24&ContentID=21647|title=Ugly Betty star slams marriage reports|accessdate=2007-03-06|date=[[2007-02-18]]|publisher=The West Australian newspaper}}</ref> Although rumors that they had split up in January 2008 were not denied, America and Ryan attended the NAACP Awards together in February of 2008. |
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In 2006, Ferrera landed the lead role of [[Betty Suarez]] in ABC's new comedy-drama ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', an adaptation of the successful Colombian [[telenovela]] ''[[Yo soy Betty, la fea]]'' (1999–2001), in which Ferrera portrays a girl whom her peers find extremely unattractive, thus the series title. As [[Betty Suarez]], Ferrera wears braces, has bushy eyebrows and a disheveled wig, and cosmetics and clothing intended to downplay her own looks, in contrast to most of the "glammed up" characters; Ferrera invented the term "Bettification" to describe the process of creating her onscreen persona.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web |last=Keveney |first=Bill |date=October 4, 2006 |title=It's a 'Bettification' project |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-10-04-betty-transform-main_x.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205111843/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-10-04-betty-transform-main_x.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2017 |work=USA Today}}</ref> In 2007, Ferrera won numerous accolades for her performance in the series; she also won the "triple crown" for acting in television; she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]], and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]], becoming the first Latina woman to win the Outstanding Lead Actress Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/america-ferrera |title=America Ferrera Emmy Award Winner |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725102748/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/america-ferrera |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=December 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Berkshire |first=Geoff |title=America Ferrera Recalls 'Ugly Betty' Emmy Win, Breaking Ground for Latinas |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/america-ferrera-emmy-win-ugly-betty-latina-1201787912/ |website=Variety |access-date=November 28, 2016 |date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200131/http://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/america-ferrera-emmy-win-ugly-betty-latina-1201787912/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In the wake of her Golden Globe win, Ferrera was congratulated by [[Hilda L. Solis]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and was commended for "helping to break down stereotypes and provide a role model for young Latinas".<ref>{{cite web |title=America Ferrera Praised By Congress |url=http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/America-Ferrera-Praised-Congress-110897#photo-110897 |website=popsugar.com |publisher=[[PopSugar]] |date=January 18, 2007 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200153/http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/America-Ferrera-Praised-Congress-110897#photo-110897 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included Ferrera in their 2007 list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]].<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last=White |first=Kate |title=The Time 100: America Ferrera |magazine=Time |date=May 3, 2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616652,00.html |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011030515/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0%2C28804%2C1595326_1595332_1616652%2C00.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2007, Ferrera won the [[Imagen Awards|Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://poponthepop.com/2007/07/30/america-ferrera-cant-stop-picking-up-awards/ |title=America Ferrera wins an Imagen |publisher=Poponthepop.com |date=July 30, 2007 |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717191938/http://poponthepop.com/2007/07/30/america-ferrera-cant-stop-picking-up-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ferrera starred as Carmen in the 2005 film ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'', and reprised the role in 2008's ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2]]''. Among other film work, she voice the role of Astrid in the hit animated film ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' (2010). She also appeared in ''[[The Dry Land]]'' which premiered at the 2010 [[Sundance Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/thedryland_sundance2010 |title=2010 Sundance Film Festival : The Dry Land |publisher=Sundance.bside.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221005807/http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/thedryland_sundance2010 |archive-date=February 21, 2010}}</ref> and ran at the [[Dallas International Film Festival]] where it won the top prize in the Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |date=April 17, 2010 |url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/04/17/america-ferrera-wilmer-valderrama-in-dallas-film-fest-winner/ |title=America Ferrera The Dry Land Dallas Film Festival Pete Docter |publisher=HollywoodNews.com |access-date=April 8, 2013 |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725064922/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/04/17/america-ferrera-wilmer-valderrama-in-dallas-film-fest-winner/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Ferrera attends the [[University of Southern California]], where she is majoring in [[International Relations]]; as of January 2007, she lacked only one semester’s coursework to earn her degree.<ref name="estylo"/> She spent the autumn of 2004 studying in the [[American University]] Washington Semester Program<ref>[http://www.american.edu/newsletter/development/2007/feb/wsp_0207.htm ''AU Alumni Newsletter] Retrieved on [[2007-06-19]] </ref> and also attended New York University as a part of their Spring in New York program in the spring of 2006 while she was performing in ''Dog Sees God''. |
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===Post-''Ugly Betty'' projects and ''Superstore'' (2011–2022)=== |
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In January 2008, Ferrera announced her endorsement of Senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s run for president, and joined the senator and her daughter [[Chelsea Clinton]] during several campaign events in [[Nevada]] and [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=NYT032308>Katharine Q. Seelye, [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/clamoring-to-vote/ The Caucus: Clamoring to Vote], ''The New York Times'', March 23, 2008.</ref> She has been quoted as saying that the United States should take responsibility for illegal immigration and provide more help to immigrants. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337334,00.html FOXNews.com - Pop Tarts: Brooke Hogan 'The Victim' in Hulk’s Alleged Adultery With Her Best Friend? - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Ferrera made her London stage debut on November 7, 2011, playing Roxie Hart in the musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' in London's [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bosanquet |first=Theo |date=October 10, 2011 |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831318269412/Ugly+Betty%27s+America+Ferrera+Leads+Chicago+at+Garrick.html |title=Ugly Betty's America Ferrera Leads Chicago at Garrick |publisher=WhatsOnStage |access-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214002439/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831318269412/Ugly+Betty's+America+Ferrera+Leads+Chicago+at+Garrick.html |archive-date=December 14, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Ferrera was featured in the four-hour documentary ''Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide'', which premiered on PBS October 1 and 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/ |title=Independent Lens: Half the Sky |publisher=PBS |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-date=March 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317010339/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series introduces women and girls living in very difficult circumstances and struggling to challenge them. The ''Half the Sky'' PBS TV series is produced by Show of Force along with Fugitive Films. Ferrera starred alongside [[David Cross]] and [[Julia Stiles]] in the dark comedy ''[[It's a Disaster]]'', which premiered at the 2012 [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] and had a limited commercial release on April 12, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=itsadisaster.htm |title=It's a Disaster – weekly box office results |access-date=June 24, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=December 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203002546/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=itsadisaster.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[File:America Ferrara Cannes 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Ferrera in 2014]] |
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==Filmography== |
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===Film=== |
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*2002: ''[[American Family]]'': “Fighting Fridays” as a member of the football team |
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*2002: ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]'' as Ana Garcia |
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*2002: ''[[Gotta Kick It Up!]]'' as Yolanda |
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*2004: ''$5.15/Hr.'' |
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*2004: ''Darkness Plus Twelve'' as Luiza |
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*2004: ''[[Plainsong]]'' as Victoria Roubideaux |
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*2005: ''[[How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer]]'' |
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*2005: ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' as Carmen Lowell |
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*2005: ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'' as Thunder Monkey |
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*2005: ''3:52'' as Kate |
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*2006: ''[[Steel City (film)|Steel City]]'' as Amy Barnes |
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*2006: ''Planet H2O'': “Water World” as the host<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirteen.org/h2o |title=Planet H20 {{!}} Thirteen/WNET |accessdate=2007-05-16 |format= |work=Thirteen.org }}</ref> |
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*2007: ''Muertas'' as Rebecca |
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*2007: ''[[La Misma Luna]]'' (post-production) as Marta |
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*2007: ''Hacia la oscuridad'' (post-production) as Luiza |
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*2008: ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2]]''<ref>{{cite web |
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On May 17, 2013, ABC announced that Ferrera was cast in a limited-run telenovela titled ''Pedro & Maria'', a modern-day take on ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' set in [[Washington, D.C.]] The series had been in development at [[MTV]] since 2010 with Ferrera serving as a director on the project, which would have interactive participation online content from viewers.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hibberd |first=James |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/17/america-ferrera-abc/ |title=America Ferrera eyes ABC return in 'Romeo and Juliet'-inspired series – EXCLUSIVE |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 17, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> ABC later decided not to move forward with the series. On March 16, 2015, Ferrera was added to the cast of the upcoming [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'', portraying Amy, a 10-year veteran floor supervisor at a superstore named ''Cloud 9''. In addition to her main role, Ferrera also had co-production duties for the series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=March 16, 2015 |title=America Ferrera to Star in NBC Comedy 'Superstore' |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/america-ferrera-star-nbc-comedy-781732 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423055230/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/america-ferrera-star-nbc-comedy-781732 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> After NBC had initially announced a sixth season of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that Ferrera would be departing the series at the end of the fifth season citing new projects and spending time with family.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 28, 2020 |title=America Ferrera To Leave 'Superstore' After 5 Seasons |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/america-ferrera-leaves-superstore-after-5-seasons-exit-1202870788/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194113/https://deadline.com/2020/02/america-ferrera-leaves-superstore-after-5-seasons-exit-1202870788/ |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |work=Deadline}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] shutting down ''Superstore''<nowiki/>'s fifth season with one episode left to film, her departure was delayed into season 6 in order to give her character's arc a proper closure.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Meredith |date=March 14, 2020 |title='Superstore' Shuts Down Production Due to Coronavirus: Will It Affect America Ferrera's Exit? |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/923828/superstore-season-5-production-america-ferrera-exit-amy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194123/https://www.tvinsider.com/923828/superstore-season-5-production-america-ferrera-exit-amy/ |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=TV Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/03/superstore-season-5-cut-short-what-does-this-mean-for-america-fe/ |title=Superstore Season 5 Cut Short: What Does This Mean for America Ferrera's Farewell Episode? |work=TV Fanatic |date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194137/https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/03/cbs-march-madness-replacement-plan-shuffles-hawaii-5-0-series-fi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 10, 2021, NBC announced that Ferrera would return for the show's one-hour series finale.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mauch |first=Ally |title=America Ferrera Will Return to Superstore for Series Finale: 'A Joyful and Bittersweet Goodbye' |url=https://people.com/tv/america-ferrera-will-return-to-superstore-for-series-finale/ |date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=March 14, 2021 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315205623/https://people.com/tv/america-ferrera-will-return-to-superstore-for-series-finale/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Television=== |
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*2002: ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'': “The Word” as Charlee |
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*2004: ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' as April Lopez |
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*2006-present: ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' as [[Betty Suarez]] |
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In February 2019, it was announced that Ferrera would be credited as an executive producer and director for the [[Netflix]] comedy-drama series ''[[Gentefied]]''.<ref name="SeriesOrder">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/gentefied-netflix-latinx-dramedy-series-america-ferrera-macro-1202550670/ |title='Gentefied': Netflix Orders Latinx Dramedy From America Ferrera, Teri Weinberg, Macro & Web Series Duo |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 6, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407214031/https://deadline.com/2019/02/gentefied-netflix-latinx-dramedy-series-america-ferrera-macro-1202550670/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/video/gentefied-america-ferrara-marvin-lemus-linda-yvette-chavez-netflix-sundance-interview/ |title='Gentefied' EP America Ferrera: Netflix Comedy Series Captures "All Of The Things That I Am" — Sundance Studio |last=Grobar |first=Matt |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020 |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131162710/https://deadline.com/video/gentefied-america-ferrara-marvin-lemus-linda-yvette-chavez-netflix-sundance-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series premiered on February 21, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/gentefied-trailer-netflix-comedy-latinx-bilingual-1202204764/ |title='Gentefied' Trailer: Bilingual Comedy Makes a Meal Out of LA Gentrification |last=Dry |first=Jude |work=IndieWire |date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130121601/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/gentefied-trailer-netflix-comedy-latinx-bilingual-1202204764/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Producer=== |
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*2007: ''Hacia la oscuridad'' (post-production) [[executive producer]] as Luiza |
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===Further projects and ''Barbie'' (2023–present)=== |
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== Awards and nominations == |
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In February 2021, it was announced that Ferrera would make her feature length directorial debut with ''[[I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter]]'', based on the young adult novel of the same name by [[Erika L. Sánchez]]. Adapted by Linda Yvette Chávez, the film will be a co-production with [[Netflix]], [[Anonymous Content]], Aevitas Creative Management and MACRO.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=February 24, 2021 |title=America Ferrera sets feature film directorial debut with Netflix's 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-america-ferrera-i-am-not-your-perfect-mexican-daughter-20210224-vtqoc72ixfatjh2d6shgyfh6oq-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191629/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-america-ferrera-i-am-not-your-perfect-mexican-daughter-20210224-vtqoc72ixfatjh2d6shgyfh6oq-story.html |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |accessdate=March 25, 2021 |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> |
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In 2023, Ferrera appeared as Gloria in the film ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'', for which she received [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]], [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|SAG]], and two [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Critics' Choice]] nominations ([[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress|Supporting Actress]] and [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Ensemble Cast]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reichard |first1=Lola Méndez, Raquel |title=America Ferrera Was Nominated For An Oscar. That's The Barbie Story That Matters |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/america-ferrera-barbie-oscar-nomination |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=www.refinery29.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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In February 2024 it was announced that Ferrera would star in and executive produce an [[Amazon Prime Video]] series about artist [[Ana Mendieta]]. The work is based on a book by [[Robert Katz]], to be scripted by [[Charise Castro Smith|Cherise Castro Smith]] and co-executive produced by [[Amazon MGM Studios]] and [[Plan B Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nayyar |first=Rhea |date=February 26, 2024 |title=America Ferrera to Play Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta in New Series |url=https://hyperallergic.com/873938/america-ferrera-to-play-cuban-artist-ana-mendieta-in-new-series/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |work=Hyperallergic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=February 23, 2024 |title=America Ferrera Set For Series 'Naked By The Window' In Development At Amazon MGM Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/america-ferrera-naked-by-the-window-series-amazon-mgm-studios-1235835616/ |access-date=March 13, 2024 |work=Deadline}}</ref> She will appear in the [[What If...? season 3|third season]] of Marvel Studios' ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' as Ranger Morales, a brand-new original character.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marvel's What If...? Casts Barbie's America Ferrera in Mysterious Season 3 Role (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/marvel-what-if-cast-barbies-america-ferrera-season-3-role-morales/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=TV Shows |date=January 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dick |first=Jeremy |date=2024-01-05 |title=Barbie's America Ferrera Joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe |url=https://www.cbr.com/america-ferrera-what-if-season-3/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> She was originally set to star in [[Pixar]]'s upcoming sci-fi adventure film ''[[Elio (film)|Elio]]'', but left the project in August 2024 due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pillot |first=Dempsey |date=2024-08-11 |title=Pixar's 'Elio' Loses Its Director And America Ferrera |url=https://thedisinsider.com/2024/08/11/pixars-elio-loses-its-director-and-america-ferrera/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Daily Disney News |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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==Activism== |
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Ferrera has been politically active. During the 2008 presidential primaries, she, alongside [[Chelsea Clinton]] and [[Amber Tamblyn]], led the [[Hillblazers]] organization in support of [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|campaign]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kearly |first=Kendyl |title=8 Strong Women Who Were Influenced By Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/87520-8-strong-women-who-were-influenced-by-hillary-clinton |magazine=Bustle |date=June 2, 2015 |access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> |
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Ferrera attended both the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]] in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=James |first=Kyleen |date=September 6, 2012 |title=Celebrities Attend The Democratic National Convention |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/celebrities-attend-democratic-national-convention-368457 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124072919/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/celebrities-attend-democratic-national-convention-368457 |archive-date=January 24, 2014 |access-date=April 16, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> At the 2016 convention, she addressed the delegates as a speaker, sharing the stage with [[Lena Dunham]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera bash Trump at the DNC |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-democratic-convention-2016-live-actresses-slash-at-1469582088-htmlstory.html |first=Seema |last=Metha |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 27, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2018 |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233520/http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-democratic-convention-2016-live-actresses-slash-at-1469582088-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[File:America Ferrera and Hillary Clinton (3113651521) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Ferrera with [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2008]] |
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Ferrera has been active, through her involvement with the organization [[Voto Latino]] and by appearing on various news programs, in getting Latinos in the United States to vote.<ref>{{cite web |last=Castellanos |first=Melissa |date=December 21, 2013 |title=America Ferrera Visits POLITICO to Voice her Opinions on Immigration Reform |url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/5045/20131221/america-ferrera-voto-latino-politico-politico-immigration-reform.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227022831/http://www.latinpost.com/articles/5045/20131221/america-ferrera-voto-latino-politico-politico-immigration-reform.htm |archive-date=December 27, 2013 |access-date=April 16, 2014 |work=Latino Post}}</ref> Ferrera also works with [[Eva Longoria]] to co-host She Se Puede, a digital lifestyle platform which encourages voting within the Latina community. As a continuation of their work prior to the 2020 presidential campaign, Ferrera and Longoria held a textbanking event with [[VoteRiders]] to educate voters about Georgia's strict Voter ID laws ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hinchliffe |first=Emma |date=September 5, 2020 |title=Eva Longoria and America Fererra have a plan to get more Latinas to the polls in November |url=https://fortune.com/2020/09/05/america-ferrera-latina-voter-turnout-gap-get-out-the-vote/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418070136/https://fortune.com/2020/09/05/america-ferrera-latina-voter-turnout-gap-get-out-the-vote/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |date=December 19, 2020 |title=Eva Longoria, America Ferrera To Textbank for Latina Georgia Voters Ahead of Runoffs |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eva-longoria-america-ferrera-to-textbank-for-latina-georgia-voters-ahead-of-runoffs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124170357/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eva-longoria-america-ferrera-to-textbank-for-latina-georgia-voters-ahead-of-runoffs |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> |
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Ferrera was the opening speaker for the [[2017 Women's March|Women's March on Washington]] on January 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Katy-Perry-Cher-America-Ferrera-to-Turn-Out-for-Womens-March-on-Washington-410162085.html |title=America Ferrera, Katy Perry, Cher to Turn Out for Women's March on Washington |publisher=[[WNBC]] |location=New York City |date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014141/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Katy-Perry-Cher-America-Ferrera-to-Turn-Out-for-Womens-March-on-Washington-410162085.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Ferrera spoke at the [[Families Belong Together]] protest on June 30, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrera: This fight belongs to all of us |date=June 30, 2018 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/06/30/immigration-protest-america-ferrera-separated-family-letter-nr-vpx.cnn |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701172139/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/06/30/immigration-protest-america-ferrera-separated-family-letter-nr-vpx.cnn |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In October 2017, Ferrera began her participation in the [[Me Too (hashtag)|#MeToo campaign]], publicly revealing that she was sexually harassed when she was nine years old. She did not reveal any details about the harassment or the person who harassed her.<ref>{{cite news |title=In #MeToo campaign, America Ferrera alleges she was only 9 when she was sexually assaulted |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-me-too-sexual-assault-1508262986-htmlstory.html |date=October 17, 2017 |first=Nardine |last=Saad |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117150646/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-me-too-sexual-assault-1508262986-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2018, Ferrera was a founding member of the [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up legal defense fund]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Powerful Hollywood Women Unveil Anti-Harassment Action Plan |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/movies/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html |date=January 1, 2018 |first=Cara |last=Buckley |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101112920/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/movies/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In May 2024, Ferrera became IOM Global Goodwill Ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actress and Activist America Ferrera Appointed IOM Global Goodwill Ambassador |url=https://www.iom.int/news/actress-and-activist-america-ferrera-appointed-iom-global-goodwill-ambassador |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=IOM}}</ref> |
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==Personal life and other ventures== |
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[[File:Voice Awards Presenter America Ferrera and Voice Awards Winner Ryan Piers Williams on Red Carpet.jpg|thumb|left|Ferrera with Ryan Piers Williams in October 2010]] |
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Ferrera first met actor, director, and writer [[Ryan Piers Williams]] when he cast her in a student film at USC in 2005.<ref name="People3">{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-is-engaged/ |title=America Ferrera Is Engaged! |work=People |first=Julie |last=Jordan |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2010 |archive-date=January 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101124557/http://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-is-engaged/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple got engaged in June 2010,<ref name="People3"/> and married on June 27, 2011.<ref name="People2">{{cite web |last1=Zuckerman |first1=Blaine |last2=Schwartz |first2=Alison |date=June 28, 2011 |title=America Ferrera Is Married! |url=https://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-married-to-ryan-piers-williams/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115818/https://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-married-to-ryan-piers-williams/ |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |access-date=February 24, 2019 |work=People}}</ref> On January 1, 2018, Ferrera and Williams revealed that they were expecting their first child.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-baby-pregnant-1514933363-htmlstory.html |title='Superstore' star America Ferrera is pregnant with her first child |date=January 2, 2018 |first=Nardine |last=Saad |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192644/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-baby-pregnant-1514933363-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She announced on her [[Instagram]] page on May 29, 2018, that she had given birth that month to a boy, Sebastian.<ref>{{cite instagram |user=americaferrera |last=Ferrera |first=America |postid=BjXlwQCDh6W |title=When 2 become 3... |date=May 29, 2018}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/parents/america-ferrera-welcomes-son-sebastian/ |title=America Ferrera Welcomes Son Sebastian |first=Karen |last=Mizoguchi |magazine=People |date=May 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/entertainment/america-ferrera-baby-born-sebastian-piers-williams/index.html |title=America Ferrera welcomes first child |first=Sandra |last=Gonzalez |date=May 29, 2018 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710195632/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/entertainment/america-ferrera-baby-born-sebastian-piers-williams/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 4, 2020, Ferrera gave birth to a girl, Lucia.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/america-ferrera-gives-birth-to-2nd-child-with-ryan-piers-williams/ |title=America Ferrera Gives Birth, Welcomes 2nd Child With Husband Ryan Piers Williams |magazine=Us Weekly |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> On June 27, 2020, Ferrera acknowledged the couple's fifteenth anniversary since becoming a couple.<ref>{{cite Instagram |user=americaferrera |last=Ferrera |first=America |postid=CB8xxq7hfqC |title=15 years ago today, these baby faces fell hard and fast in love. They grew up together. |date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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Ferrera was a guest narrator at [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]] at [[Walt Disney World]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/10/chandra-wilson-daniel-dae-kim-america-ferrera-join-narrators-for-2015-candlelight-processional-at-epcot/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016145933/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/10/chandra-wilson-daniel-dae-kim-america-ferrera-join-narrators-for-2015-candlelight-processional-at-epcot/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 16, 2015 | title=Chandra Wilson, Daniel Dae Kim, America Ferrera Join Narrators for 2015 Candlelight Processional at Epcot | date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> |
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In 2018, her edited anthology of stories, ''American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures'', was published by [[Gallery Publishing Group]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=American like me : reflections on life between cultures |publisher=Gallery Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-1501180910 |editor-last=Ferrerra |editor-first=America |oclc=1044574082}}</ref> In April 2019, Ferrera gave a [[TEDTalk]] entitled "My Identity is a Superpower".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/america_ferrera_my_identity_is_a_superpower_not_an_obstacle/up-next?language=en |title=My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle |date=May 23, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031003/https://www.ted.com/talks/america_ferrera_my_identity_is_a_superpower_not_an_obstacle/up-next?language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2020, Ferrera was announced as an investor in a primarily female group that was awarded a Los Angeles-based franchise in the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles |title=National Women's Soccer League awards expansion team rights to Los Angeles |publisher=National Women’s Soccer League |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> The new team, since unveiled as [[Angel City FC]],<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/angel-city-confirms-name-as-angel-city-football-club-and-officially-joins-national-womens-soccer-league |title=Angel City Confirms Name as Angel City Football Club and Officially Joins National Women's Soccer League |publisher=National Women’s Soccer League |date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=October 21, 2020}}</ref> started playing in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baxter |first1=Kevin |title=Angel City's Christen Press has torn ACL and will miss rest of season ... maybe more |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/angel-city-fc/story/2022-06-13/angel-citys-christen-press-has-torn-acl-and-will-miss-rest-of-season-maybe-more |access-date=June 15, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 14, 2022 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615022546/https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/angel-city-fc/story/2022-06-13/angel-citys-christen-press-has-torn-acl-and-will-miss-rest-of-season-maybe-more |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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===Film=== |
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| [[2008]] |
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| ''[[Real Women Have Curves]]'' |
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| Ana García |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series |
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| '''Won''' |
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| 2004 |
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| [[2008]] |
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| ''Darkness Minus Twelve'' |
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| [[Golden Globe Awards]] |
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| Luiza |
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| [[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical]] |
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| rowspan="4" | 2005 |
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| ''[[How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer]]'' |
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| Blanca Garcia |
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| ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' |
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| [[2007]] |
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| [[ |
| [[Carmen Lowell]] |
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| [[List of Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Actress, Comedy/Musical|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical]] |
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| '''Won''' |
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| [[ |
| ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'' |
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| Thunder Monkey |
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| [[Satellite Awards]] |
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| Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical |
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| Nominated |
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| ''3:52'' |
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| [[2008]] |
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| Kate |
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| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Comedy Series |
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| Nominated |
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| 2006 |
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| [[2008]] |
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| [[ |
| ''[[Steel City (film)|Steel City]]'' |
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| Amy Barnes |
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| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series |
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| Nominated |
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| rowspan="3" | 2007 |
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| ''Muertas'' |
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| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |
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| Rebecca |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Comedy Series |
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| Short film; also executive producer |
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| '''Won''' |
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| ''Towards Darkness'' (''Hacia la oscuridad'') |
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| [[2007]] |
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| Luiza |
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| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |
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| Also executive producer |
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| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series |
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| Nominated |
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| [[ |
| ''[[Under the Same Moon]]'' |
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| Martha |
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| [[NAACP Image Awards]] |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series |
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| Nominated |
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| rowspan="2" | 2008 |
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| [[2007]] |
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| ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2]]'' |
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] |
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| Carmen Lowell |
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| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
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| '''Won''' |
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| ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]'' |
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| [[2007]] |
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| Fawn |
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| 1st Annual Wave Awards, Academy of Wireless Arts, Video and Entertainment |
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| Direct-to-video; voice role |
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| 2007 Favorite Clipped (from television) Comedy Artist |
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| '''Won''' |
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| rowspan="4" | 2010 |
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| ''[[The Dry Land]]'' |
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| Sarah |
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| Also executive producer |
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| ''[[Our Family Wedding]]'' |
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| Lucia Ramirez |
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| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' |
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| rowspan="4" | Astrid Hofferson |
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| Voice role |
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| ''[[Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon]]'' |
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| rowspan="3" | Short film; voice role |
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| rowspan="2" | 2011 |
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| ''[[Book of Dragons]]'' |
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| ''[[Gift of the Night Fury]]'' |
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| rowspan="3" | 2012 |
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| ''[[It's a Disaster]]'' |
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| Hedy Galili |
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| |
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| ''[[End of Watch]]'' |
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| Officer Orozco |
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| ''Half the Sky'' |
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| Herself |
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| Documentary film |
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| rowspan="4" | 2014 |
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| ''[[Cesar Chavez (film)|Cesar Chavez]]'' |
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| [[Helen Fabela Chávez|Helen Chávez]] |
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| |
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| ''[[X/Y]]'' |
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| Silvia |
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| Also producer |
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| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'' |
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| rowspan="2" | Astrid Hofferson |
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| Voice role |
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| ''[[Dawn of the Dragon Racers]]'' |
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| Short film; voice role |
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| 2016 |
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| ''[[Special Correspondents]]'' |
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| Brigida |
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| |
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| rowspan="2" | 2019 |
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| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'' |
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| rowspan="2" | Astrid Hofferson |
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| Voice role |
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|- |
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| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming]]'' |
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| Short film; voice role |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2" | 2023 |
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| ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' |
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| Gloria |
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| |
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|- |
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| ''[[Dumb Money]]'' |
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| Jennifer Campbell |
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| |
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| TBA |
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|style="background:#FFFFCC;"| ''[[The Lost Bus]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |
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| Mary Ludwig |
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| Post-production |
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===Television=== |
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| {{center|2002–08,<br>2010–11}} |
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| ''[[Independent Lens]]'' |
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| Herself / Host |
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| Seasons 5{{ndash}}9, 12{{ndash}}13<br/>112 episodes |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2" | {{center|2002}} |
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| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' |
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| Charlee |
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| Episode: "The Word" |
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|- |
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| ''[[Gotta Kick It Up!]]'' |
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| Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas |
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| [[Disney Channel Original Movie]] |
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|- |
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| rowspan="2" | {{center|2004}} |
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| ''Plainsong'' |
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| Victoria Roubideaux |
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| [[List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes|Hallmark Hall of Fame movie]] |
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|- |
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| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' |
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| April Perez |
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| Episode: "Harvest" |
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|- |
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| {{center|2006–10}} |
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| ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' |
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| [[Betty Suarez]] |
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| Lead role; 85 episodes |
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|- |
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| {{center|2011}} |
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| ''[[Handy Manny]]'' |
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| Graciela Morales |
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| Episode: "Snow Problem"; voice |
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|- |
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| {{center|2011–13}} |
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| ''[[The Good Wife]]'' |
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| Natalie Flores |
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| 4 episodes |
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|- |
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| {{center|2012–18}} |
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| ''[[DreamWorks Dragons]]'' |
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| Astrid Hofferson |
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| Main cast; voice |
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|- |
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| {{center|2014}} |
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| ''[[Years of Living Dangerously]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "Winds of Change" |
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| rowspan="2" | {{center|2015}} |
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| ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]'' |
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| Maternity |
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| Episode: "Paid Family Leave" |
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|- |
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| ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]'' |
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| Mena |
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| Episode: "80s Ladies" |
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| {{center|2015–21}} |
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| ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'' |
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| Amelia "Amy" Sosa |
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| Main cast, 103 episodes; also co-producer and director of four episodes |
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|- |
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| {{center|2016}} |
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| ''[[Lip Sync Battle]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "America Ferrera vs. [[Amber Tamblyn]]" |
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|- |
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| {{center|2017}} |
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| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' |
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| Vanessa Nadal |
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| Episode: "The Shucker" |
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|- |
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| {{center|2020}} |
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| ''[[Gentefied]]'' |
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| Andy Cruz |
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| Episode: "The Mural"; also executive producer and director |
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|- |
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| {{center|2022}} |
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| ''[[WeCrashed]]'' |
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| Elishia Kennedy |
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| 2 episodes |
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| {{center|2024}} |
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| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |
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| Ranger Morales |
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| In production; voice |
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| 2012 |
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| ''Christine'' |
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| Christine |
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| Main cast; 12 episodes |
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| 2015 |
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| ''What's Your Emergency'' |
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| Brenda Fitzgerald |
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| 2 episodes |
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| 2017 |
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| ''Gente-fied'' |
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|Executive producer |
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! scope="row"| "[[4:44 (album)|Family Feud]]" |
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| 2017 |
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| [[Jay-Z]] <small>(featuring [[Beyoncé]])</small> |
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| [[Ava DuVernay]] |
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| ''[[4:44 (album)|4:44]]'' |
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| <ref>{{cite news |work=Variety |last=Aswad |first=Jem |title=Jay-Z Drops Beyonce-Starring Video for 'Family Feud' |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/jay-z-family-feud-video-beyonce-1202650153/ |date=December 29, 2017 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231001214/http://variety.com/2017/music/news/jay-z-family-feud-video-beyonce-1202650153/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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{{main|List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]] |
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*[[List of Hispanic Academy Award winners and nominees]] |
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==References== |
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==Bibliography== |
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* {{cite journal |year=2007 |title=America Ferrera 1984– |journal=Biography Today |page=78 |volume=16 |issue=3 |publisher=Omnigraphics, Inc. |isbn=9780780809741}} |
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*{{imdb|1065229}} |
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*[http://media.fairfax.com.au/?rid=25431 Broadband video interview with America Ferrera, discussing ''Ugly Betty''.] |
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Latest revision as of 16:10, 20 December 2024
America Ferrera | |
|---|---|
 Ferrera in 2024 | |
| Born | America Georgina Ferrera April 18, 1984 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Full list |
America Georgina Ferrera[1] (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984)[2] 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.[3]
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). 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).
Early life and education
Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in Los Angeles, California.[4] Her parents, América Griselda Ayes and Carlos Gregorio Ferrera, were originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s.[5] Ferrera has stated that she has Lenca ancestry.[6] Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for one of the Hilton Hotels,[7] and stressed the importance of higher education.[8] When Ferrera was seven, her parents divorced and her father returned to Honduras.[9] Ferrera was estranged from her father when he died there in 2010.[10]
Ferrera was raised in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, where she attended Calabash Street Elementary School, George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School.[11] At age seven she played a small role in a school production of Hamlet, and when she was 10 she played the Artful Dodger in Oliver!.
While at El Camino High School, she took acting lessons. She entered the University of Southern California (USC) on a presidential scholarship, double-majoring in theatre and international relations. She dropped out to focus on her acting career, but completed her bachelor's degree in May 2013.[12]
Career
Debut and early roles (2002–2005)
In July 2002, Ferrera appeared in her first television film, Gotta Kick It Up! for The Disney Channel. While at a theatre program at Northwestern University that same year,[13] she made her feature movie debut in Real Women Have Curves. Ferrera followed this with roles in television (Touched by an Angel).[14] She also appeared in the movie Plainsong, based on the novel by Kent Haruf, which also featured Aidan Quinn and Rachel Griffiths. Ferrera played a pregnant teenager, Victoria Roubideaux, who has been kicked out of her mother's house; she is taken in by two kindly brothers who live alone on a farm.[15] In the 2005 film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, she starred as Bianca, a 17-year-old third-generation Mexican-American who is disgusted with the boys in her neighborhood but finds romance with a boy from a neighboring town. In 2006, she appeared in the short film 3:52, which won the Audience Award at the San Diego Women Film Festival. Later that year, she featured in the movie Steel City, which received nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Film Festival.[16] In December 2005, she appeared in the Off-Broadway play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, directed by Trip Cullman.
Breakthrough and rise to fame (2006–2010)
In 2006, Ferrera landed the lead role of Betty Suarez in ABC's new comedy-drama Ugly Betty, an adaptation of the successful Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999–2001), in which Ferrera portrays a girl whom her peers find extremely unattractive, thus the series title. As Betty Suarez, Ferrera wears braces, has bushy eyebrows and a disheveled wig, and cosmetics and clothing intended to downplay her own looks, in contrast to most of the "glammed up" characters; Ferrera invented the term "Bettification" to describe the process of creating her onscreen persona.[17] In 2007, Ferrera won numerous accolades for her performance in the series; she also won the "triple crown" for acting in television; she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Latina woman to win the Outstanding Lead Actress Award.[18][19][20]
In the wake of her Golden Globe win, Ferrera was congratulated by Hilda L. Solis in the United States House of Representatives and was commended for "helping to break down stereotypes and provide a role model for young Latinas".[21] Time included Ferrera in their 2007 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[22] Also in 2007, Ferrera won the Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award.[23] Ferrera starred as Carmen in the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and reprised the role in 2008's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Among other film work, she voice the role of Astrid in the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon (2010). She also appeared in The Dry Land which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival[24] and ran at the Dallas International Film Festival where it won the top prize in the Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature.[25]
Post-Ugly Betty projects and Superstore (2011–2022)
Ferrera made her London stage debut on November 7, 2011, playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in London's West End.[26] In 2012, Ferrera was featured in the four-hour documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which premiered on PBS October 1 and 2, 2012.[27] The series introduces women and girls living in very difficult circumstances and struggling to challenge them. The Half the Sky PBS TV series is produced by Show of Force along with Fugitive Films. Ferrera starred alongside David Cross and Julia Stiles in the dark comedy It's a Disaster, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival and had a limited commercial release on April 12, 2013.[28]
On May 17, 2013, ABC announced that Ferrera was cast in a limited-run telenovela titled Pedro & Maria, a modern-day take on Romeo and Juliet set in Washington, D.C. The series had been in development at MTV since 2010 with Ferrera serving as a director on the project, which would have interactive participation online content from viewers.[29] ABC later decided not to move forward with the series. On March 16, 2015, Ferrera was added to the cast of the upcoming NBC sitcom Superstore, portraying Amy, a 10-year veteran floor supervisor at a superstore named Cloud 9. In addition to her main role, Ferrera also had co-production duties for the series.[30] After NBC had initially announced a sixth season of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that Ferrera would be departing the series at the end of the fifth season citing new projects and spending time with family.[31] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down Superstore's fifth season with one episode left to film, her departure was delayed into season 6 in order to give her character's arc a proper closure.[32][33] On March 10, 2021, NBC announced that Ferrera would return for the show's one-hour series finale.[34]
In February 2019, it was announced that Ferrera would be credited as an executive producer and director for the Netflix comedy-drama series Gentefied.[35][36] The series premiered on February 21, 2020.[37]
Further projects and Barbie (2023–present)
In February 2021, it was announced that Ferrera would make her feature length directorial debut with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, based on the young adult novel of the same name by Erika L. Sánchez. Adapted by Linda Yvette Chávez, the film will be a co-production with Netflix, Anonymous Content, Aevitas Creative Management and MACRO.[38]
In 2023, Ferrera appeared as Gloria in the film Barbie, for which she received Academy Award, SAG, and two Critics' Choice nominations (Supporting Actress and Ensemble Cast).[39]
In February 2024 it was announced that Ferrera would star in and executive produce an Amazon Prime Video series about artist Ana Mendieta. The work is based on a book by Robert Katz, to be scripted by Cherise Castro Smith and co-executive produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Plan B Entertainment.[40][41] She will appear in the third season of Marvel Studios' What If...? as Ranger Morales, a brand-new original character.[42][43] She was originally set to star in Pixar's upcoming sci-fi adventure film Elio, but left the project in August 2024 due to scheduling conflicts.[44]
Activism
Ferrera has been politically active. During the 2008 presidential primaries, she, alongside Chelsea Clinton and Amber Tamblyn, led the Hillblazers organization in support of Hillary Clinton's campaign.[45]
Ferrera attended both the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.[46] At the 2016 convention, she addressed the delegates as a speaker, sharing the stage with Lena Dunham.[47]
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Ferrera has been active, through her involvement with the organization Voto Latino and by appearing on various news programs, in getting Latinos in the United States to vote.[48] Ferrera also works with Eva Longoria to co-host She Se Puede, a digital lifestyle platform which encourages voting within the Latina community. As a continuation of their work prior to the 2020 presidential campaign, Ferrera and Longoria held a textbanking event with VoteRiders to educate voters about Georgia's strict Voter ID laws ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff.[49][50]
Ferrera was the opening speaker for the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017.[51]
Ferrera spoke at the Families Belong Together protest on June 30, 2018.[52]
In October 2017, Ferrera began her participation in the #MeToo campaign, publicly revealing that she was sexually harassed when she was nine years old. She did not reveal any details about the harassment or the person who harassed her.[53] In January 2018, Ferrera was a founding member of the Time's Up legal defense fund.[54]
In May 2024, Ferrera became IOM Global Goodwill Ambassador.[55]
Personal life and other ventures
Ferrera first met actor, director, and writer Ryan Piers Williams when he cast her in a student film at USC in 2005.[56] The couple got engaged in June 2010,[56] and married on June 27, 2011.[57] On January 1, 2018, Ferrera and Williams revealed that they were expecting their first child.[58] She announced on her Instagram page on May 29, 2018, that she had given birth that month to a boy, Sebastian.[59][60][61] On May 4, 2020, Ferrera gave birth to a girl, Lucia.[62] On June 27, 2020, Ferrera acknowledged the couple's fifteenth anniversary since becoming a couple.[63]
Ferrera was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2015.[64] In 2018, her edited anthology of stories, American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, was published by Gallery Publishing Group.[65] In April 2019, Ferrera gave a TEDTalk entitled "My Identity is a Superpower".[66] In July 2020, Ferrera was announced as an investor in a primarily female group that was awarded a Los Angeles-based franchise in the National Women's Soccer League.[67] The new team, since unveiled as Angel City FC,[68] started playing in 2022.[69]
Filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Real Women Have Curves | Ana García | |
| 2004 | Darkness Minus Twelve | Luiza | Short film |
| 2005 | How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer | Blanca Garcia | |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Carmen Lowell | ||
| Lords of Dogtown | Thunder Monkey | ||
| 3:52 | Kate | ||
| 2006 | Steel City | Amy Barnes | |
| 2007 | Muertas | Rebecca | Short film; also executive producer |
| Towards Darkness (Hacia la oscuridad) | Luiza | Also executive producer | |
| Under the Same Moon | Martha | ||
| 2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Carmen Lowell | |
| Tinker Bell | Fawn | Direct-to-video; voice role | |
| 2010 | The Dry Land | Sarah | Also executive producer |
| Our Family Wedding | Lucia Ramirez | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon | Astrid Hofferson | Voice role | |
| Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon | Short film; voice role | ||
| 2011 | Book of Dragons | ||
| Gift of the Night Fury | |||
| 2012 | It's a Disaster | Hedy Galili | |
| End of Watch | Officer Orozco | ||
| Half the Sky | Herself | Documentary film | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez | Helen Chávez | |
| X/Y | Silvia | Also producer | |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Astrid Hofferson | Voice role | |
| Dawn of the Dragon Racers | Short film; voice role | ||
| 2016 | Special Correspondents | Brigida | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Astrid Hofferson | Voice role |
| How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Short film; voice role | ||
| 2023 | Barbie | Gloria | |
| Dumb Money | Jennifer Campbell | ||
| TBA | The Lost Bus † | Mary Ludwig | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
2002–08,
2010–11 |
Independent Lens | Herself / Host | Seasons 5–9, 12–13 112 episodes |
2002
|
Touched by an Angel | Charlee | Episode: "The Word" |
| Gotta Kick It Up! | Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas | Disney Channel Original Movie | |
2004
|
Plainsong | Victoria Roubideaux | Hallmark Hall of Fame movie |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | April Perez | Episode: "Harvest" | |
2006–10
|
Ugly Betty | Betty Suarez | Lead role; 85 episodes |
2011
|
Handy Manny | Graciela Morales | Episode: "Snow Problem"; voice |
2011–13
|
The Good Wife | Natalie Flores | 4 episodes |
2012–18
|
DreamWorks Dragons | Astrid Hofferson | Main cast; voice |
2014
|
Years of Living Dangerously | Herself | Episode: "Winds of Change" |
2015
|
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Maternity | Episode: "Paid Family Leave" |
| Inside Amy Schumer | Mena | Episode: "80s Ladies" | |
2015–21
|
Superstore | Amelia "Amy" Sosa | Main cast, 103 episodes; also co-producer and director of four episodes |
2016
|
Lip Sync Battle | Herself | Episode: "America Ferrera vs. Amber Tamblyn" |
2017
|
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Vanessa Nadal | Episode: "The Shucker" |
2020
|
Gentefied | Andy Cruz | Episode: "The Mural"; also executive producer and director |
2022
|
WeCrashed | Elishia Kennedy | 2 episodes |
2024
|
What If...? † | Ranger Morales | In production; voice |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Christine | Christine | Main cast; 12 episodes |
| 2015 | What's Your Emergency | Brenda Fitzgerald | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Gente-fied | Executive producer |
Music video
| Title | Year | Performer(s) | Director | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Family Feud" | 2017 | Jay-Z (featuring Beyoncé) | Ava DuVernay | 4:44 | [70] |
Awards and nominations
See also
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Bibliography
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External links
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