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America Ferrera
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American actress (born 1984)
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America Ferrera is an American television, film, stage, and voice actor who began her professional career in 2002. Born in Los Angeles, she is a citizen of the United States and identifies as Honduran American. She has been educated at the University of Southern California and American University. Ferrera speaks Spanish, American English, and English.
She is a member of the Democratic Party and has received several accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and the BBC 100 Women. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ferrera is married to Ryan Piers Williams and has two children. Her work includes roles associated with "Ugly Betty" and "Superstore," and she has authored works such as "American Like Me" and "Declare yourself."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1984
- Works
- 4
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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 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…
Known for
- The Cat in the Hat — The Mother (voice)2026
- The Lost Bus — Mary Ludwig2025
- Phoning It In — Self (voice)2024
- Barbie — Gloria2023
- Dumb Money — Jenny Campbell2023
- Angel City — Self2023
- WeCrashed — Elishia Kennedy2022
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It — Self (archive footage)2021
- What If...? — Ranger Morales (voice)2021
- Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy — Self - Host2020
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53
- Total plays
- 82
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial
· 2012 · cited 4,417x
- Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome
· 2015 · cited 2,618x
- Human papillomavirus genotype attribution in invasive cervical cancer: a retrospective cross-sectional worldwide study
· 2010 · cited 2,264x
- Prevention of Infective Endocarditis
· 2007 · cited 2,173x
- The 'Southern Model' of Welfare in Social Europe
· 1996 · cited 1,872x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Ryan Piers Williams
- Occupation
- film producer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- America Ferrera BFI 08.12.23.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- America Ferrera
- date of birth
- 1984-01-01
- birth name
- America Georgine Ferrera
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 240258
- ethnic group
- Honduran Americans
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- advertises
- Aquafresh
- name in native language
- America Ferrera
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Encyclopedic overview
America Georgin a 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.
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