America Ferrera

America Georgina Ferrera (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director, and television producer. She has received multiple awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, along with an Academy Award nomination. In 2007 and 2024, Time magazine listed her among the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2023, she was included 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*, for which she received critical praise. She gained 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 received greater 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 such award for a Latina woman in that 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).