America Ferrera
Acting
Born: Apr 18, 1984
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 BBC's 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 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 Travelling 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Bus | Mary Ludwig | 2025 | 7.1 |
| Barbie | Gloria | 2023 | 6.926 |
| Dumb Money | Jenny Campbell | 2023 | 6.677 |
| Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self (archive footage) | 2021 | 7.5 |
| 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017 | 6.0 |
| Special Correspondents | Brigida | 2016 | 5.776 |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Astrid (voice) | 2014 | 7.679 |
| Cesar Chavez | Helen Chavez | 2014 | 6.2 |
| X/Y | Silvia | 2014 | 4.7 |
| Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers | Astrid (voice) | 2014 | 7.286 |
| It's a Disaster | Hedy Galili | 2013 | 6.273 |
| Six by Sondheim | Self / Mary | 2013 | 7.1 |
| End of Watch | Officer Orozco | 2012 | 7.3 |
| Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide | Self | 2012 | 7.4 |
| Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Astrid Hofferson (voice) | 2011 | 7.2 |
| Book of Dragons | Astrid (voice) | 2011 | 6.8 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Astrid (voice) | 2010 | 7.857 |
| Our Family Wedding | Lucia Ramirez | 2010 | 5.6 |
| The Dry Land | Sarah | 2010 | 4.5 |
| Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Astrid Hofferson (voice) | 2010 | 7.0 |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Carmen Lowell | 2008 | 6.258 |
| Tinker Bell | Fawn (voice) | 2008 | 6.9 |
| Towards Darkness | Luiza | 2007 | 4.9 |
| La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul | Self | 2007 | 8.2 |
| Under the Same Moon | Martha | 2007 | 7.72 |
| Steel City | Amy Barnes | 2006 | 5.462 |
| How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer | Blanca | 2005 | 5.556 |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Carmen Lowell | 2005 | 6.516 |
| Real Women Have Curves | Ana Garcia | 2002 | 6.109 |
| Gotta Kick It Up! | Yolanda | 2002 | 6.587 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1984 |
| From | Los Angeles, California, … |