America Ferrera
b. 1984 (age 42)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Actress
Director
America Georgina Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is a Honduran-American actress, best known for playing the lead role in the television comedy series "Ugly Betty". Her portrayal garnered critical acclaim, and she won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series", the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series", and the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series". She has also starred in Real Women Have Curves, The Dry Land, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, its sequel Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and had a small role in the skateboard biopic Lords of Dogtown (2005). In addition, she was the voice of Astrid the Viking in the Dreamworks animated picture How to Train Your Dragon.
Known For
Filmography
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The Cat in the Hat
2026 Actress
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★ 6.8
The Lost Bus
2025 Actress
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★ 5.2
The Oscars Red Carpet Show
2024 Self
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Critics Choice Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements
2024 Self
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★ 6.8
Dumb Money
2023 Actress
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★ 5.2
The Barbie Story
2023 Self
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BBC 100 Women
2023 Self
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Glamour Women of the Year Awards
2023 Self
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Inspiring America: The 2023 Inspiration List
2023 Self
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Quest for Craft
2021 Actress
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★ 7.4
Gentefied
2020 Director
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Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020 Self
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★ 7.4
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 Actress
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★ 7.3
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019 Actress
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★ 8.2
Superstore: An Evening in Cloud 9
2019 Self
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Peacock Knows Comedy
2019 Self
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★ 7.5
Shine on with Reese
2018 Self
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★ 4.1
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
2018 Self
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★ 5.1
The Van Jones Show
2018 Self
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The ALMAs
2018 Self
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★ 3.8
Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide
2017 Self
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★ 4.5
100 Years
2017 Actress
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★ 7.8
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
2017 Self
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The 32th Annual Imagen Awards
2017 Self
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★ 5.9
Special Correspondents
2016 Actress
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★ 4.9
America Divided
2016 Self
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★ 6.6
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 Self
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NBC Fall Primetime Preview
2016 Actress
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★ 7.8
Superstore
2015 Actress
Director
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★ 8.2
Dragons: Race to the Edge
2015 Actress
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The 30th Annual Imagen Awards
2015 Self
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★ 7.8
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 Actress
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★ 6.4
Cesar Chavez
2014 Actress
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★ 8.4
Years of Living Dangerously
2014 Self
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★ 4.2
X/Y
2014 Actress
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★ 4.7
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
2013 Actress
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★ 7.6
End of Watch
2012 Actress
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★ 7.9
Dragons: Riders of Berk
2012 Actress
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★ 6.4
It's a Disaster
2012 Actress
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★ 8.3
Half the Sky
2012 Self
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★ 6.7
Christine
2012 Actress
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★ 7.0
The Latino List
2011 Self
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The 1th Annual Global Action Awards
2011 Self
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★ 8.1
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 Actress
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★ 5.1
Our Family Wedding
2010 Actress
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★ 6.9
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
2010 Actress
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★ 7.4
Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Legends
2010 Actress
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★ 5.6
The Dry Land
2010 Actress
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★ 5.5
The Mis-Informant - with Jack Black as Nathan Spewman
2010 Actress
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★ 6.2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008 Actress
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The Glamour Magazine Honors the Women of the Year Awards
2008 Self
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★ 7.3
Under the Same Moon
2007 Actress
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★ 5.5
Towards Darkness
2007 Actress
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★ 6.0
Muertas
2007 Actress
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The 22th Annual Imagen Awards
2007 Self
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The 9th Annual Family Television Awards
2007 Self
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★ 6.8
Ugly Betty
2006 Actress
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★ 6.2
Steel City
2006 Actress
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Planet H2O
2006 Self
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★ 6.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005 Actress
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★ 6.1
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
2005 Actress
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★ 7.0
3:52
2005 Actress
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★ 6.7
Plainsong
2004 Actress
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★ 6.8
$5.15/Hr.
2004 Actress
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★ 8.2
Darkness Minus Twelve
2004 Actress
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The 19th Annual Imagen Awards Gala
2004 Self
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★ 6.9
Real Women Have Curves
2002 Actress
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★ 5.7
Gotta Kick It Up!
2002 Actress
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Self
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Naked by the Window
Actress
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Director