America Ferrera

Actress
Producer
Director

Who would you choose for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 96th Academy Awards between Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), Jodie Foster (Nyad), America Ferrera (Barbie), Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), and Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)?

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America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Betty Suarez on the American Broadcasting Company's comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty (2006) . Her acting garnered critical acclaim, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 28 wins & 62 nominations total

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Barbie

6.8

Gloria

2023

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

6.5

Carmen

2005

Ugly Betty

6.8

TV Series

Betty Suarez

How to Train Your Dragon

8.1

Astrid(voice)

2010

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Actress

Spidey and His Amazing Friends
5.8
TV Series
- Woman
- 2025
What If...?
7.3
TV Series
- Ranger Morales (voice)
- 2024
Quest for Craft
TV Series
- 2024
Dumb Money
6.9
- Jenny
- 2023
Barbie
6.8
- Gloria
- 2023
WeCrashed
7.3
TV Mini Series
- Elishia Kennedy
- 2022
Superstore
7.9
TV Series
- Amy
- 2015–2021
Gentefied
7.4
TV Series
- Andy Cruz
- 2020
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
7.3
TV Movie
- Astrid (voice)
- 2019
DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders
5.8
Video Game
- Astrid (voice)
- 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
7.4
- Astrid (voice)
- 2019
Dragons: Race to the Edge
8.2
TV Series
- Astrid (voice)
- 2015–2018
Gente-fied: The Digital Series
8.6
TV Series
- 2017
Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé: Family Feud
4.8
Music Video
- America
- 2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.8
TV Series
- Lin's Wife
- 2017

Producer

Gentefied
7.4
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2020–2021
Superstore
7.9
TV Series
- executive producer
- co-executive producer
- producer
- 2015–2021
Superstore: An Evening in Cloud 9
7.9
TV Special
- producer
- 2019
Gente-fied: The Digital Series
8.6
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2017
X/Y
4.2
- producer
- 2014
The Dry Land
5.6
- executive producer
- 2010
Towards Darkness
5.5
- executive producer
- 2007
Muertas
6.2
Short
- executive producer
- 2007

Official sites
- Instagram
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Alternative name
- Georgina Ferrera
Height
- 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
Born
- April 18, 1984
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse
- Ryan Piers WilliamsJune 27, 2011 - present (2 children)
Children
Parents
Relatives
- Michael Fields(Cousin)
Other works
Plays Lillian Rivera in "The Have Little" play by Migdalia Cruz (Marilyn Monroe Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA).
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Mother, with husband Ryan Piers Williams, of son Sebastian Piers Williams (b. May 29, 2018) and daughter Lucia Marisol Williams (b. May 4, 2020).