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America Ferrera

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
  • Birthday: April 18, 1984

Never content with playing a pregnant teen or the daughter of a gang-banger, actress America Ferrera has been fortunate enough to obtain meatier roles that have won her plenty of good notices in her brief career. Her obvious talent was apparent in her first feature, “Real Women Have Curves” (2001), a role she got with little onscreen experience and only after a long audition process. But director Patricia Cardoso saw in Ferrera intelligence and maturity – important qualities that earned the young actress her first leading role and helped …more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Cast in the ensemble feature, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (filmed in 2003)

  • 2008

    Reprised role of Carmen in the sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

  • 2006 to 0000

    Played Betty Suarez an unattractive but efficient secretary at a fashion magazine in Ugly Betty (ABC); earned Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy nominations in 2008 for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series

  • 2005

    Cast in the Catherine Hardwicke directed Lords of Dogtown a fictionalized take on a group of skateboarders that originated in Venice, California during the 1970 s

  • 2005

    Joined an ensemble cast in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants playing Carmen

Awards

  • 2007

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

  • 2007

    Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Comedy

  • 2007

    Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Upcoming Appearances

In Ugly Betty

Thursday at 08:00 pm ABC

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