Born April 18, 1984, the youngest of six siblings, America Ferrera was raised by her Honduran mother in Los Angeles's Woodland Hills. After a childhood full of school plays and community theater, Ferrera turned to film in the 2002 indie hit Real Women Have Curves, for which she won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.In the next few years, she found film and television roles while studying theater and international relations at the University of Southern California. In 2005, Ferrera scored her biggest hit yet when she co-starred in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
But it was in 2006 that Ferrera shot to superstardom as the lovable Betty Suarez, the braces-wearing title character of ABC's "Ugly Betty." She won her first Emmy and Golden Globe in 2007 for the popular show and was congratulated by the U.S. House of Representatives for being a role model for young Latinas.
Our Family WeddingForest Whitaker and funnyman Carlos Mencia butt heads as two domineering dads forced to set aside their culture-clash differences and team up to plan their children's wedding, with only two weeks until the big day arrives. America Ferrera plays the pregnant bride-to-be opposite Lance Gross as her... Read More
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Three years after their discovery of a lucky pair of blue jeans, the famed sisterhood is still going strong -- even with Bridget (Blake Lively), Lena (Alexis Bledel), Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) and Carmen (America Ferrera) scattered throughout the country for their first year of college. Separated by... Read More
Real Women Have CurvesAmerica Ferrera shines in a star-making performance as Ana, a Mexican-American teenager who's struggling to break free from her mother's old-world expectations, in this coming-of-age drama set in East Los Angeles. Ana wants to attend college so she can better herself, but she's needed in her... Read More
DreamWorks Holiday Classics (2011) | NR | |
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The Dry Land (2010) | R | |
Deep Down (2010) | PG | |
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | PG | |
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Ugly Betty (2006) | TV-14 | |
Steel City (2006) | R | |
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3:52 (2005) | NR | |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) | PG-13 | |
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