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America Ferrera
Los Angeles, California, USA
America Georgina Ferrera (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emm…
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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article America Ferrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
The Cat in the Hat
Movie The Mother (voice)
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2025
The Lost Bus
Movie Mary Ludwig
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2024
Phoning It In
TV show Self (voice)
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2023
Dumb Money
Movie Jenny Campbell
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2023
Barbie
Movie Gloria
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2023
Angel City
TV show Self
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2022
WeCrashed
TV show Elishia Kennedy
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2021
What If...?
TV show Ranger Morales (voice)
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2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Movie Self - Host
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2020
History 101
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Gentefied
TV show Andy Cruz
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2019
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Movie Astrid (voice)
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2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Movie Astrid (voice)
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2018
Shine On with Reese
TV show Self
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2018
Family Feud
Movie Foremother
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2017
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Movie Self
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2017
The Words That Built America
Movie Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
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2017
100 Years
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
America Divided
TV show Self
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2016
Special Correspondents
Movie Brigida
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2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Movie Self
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2015
Superstore
TV show Amy Dubanowski
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge
TV show Astrid (voice)
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2015
Lip Sync Battle
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
Movie Astrid (voice)
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2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie Astrid (voice)
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2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV show Maternity
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2014
X/Y
Movie Silvia
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2014
Cesar Chavez
Movie Helen Chavez
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Six by Sondheim
Movie Self / Mary
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2013
It's a Disaster
Movie Hedy Galili
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2013
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
Movie Dr. Cordova (voice)
