America Ferrera

America Georgina Ferrera fəˈrɛərə born April 18 1984 is an American actress director and television producer She has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award In 2007 and 2024 Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023 she was named in BBCs 100 Women list Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age performing in several stage productions at her school She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedydrama Real Women Have Curves earning praise for her performance She achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the comedydramas 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 comedydrama series Ugly Betty 20062010 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 Ferreras 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 20102019 and coproduced and starred in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore 20152021 Description above from the Wikipedia article America Ferrera licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia