Cast & creator
America Ferrera
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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 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. Ferrera's other film roles include the drama The Dry Land (2010), the romantic comedy Our Family Wedding (2010), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), and the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also voiced Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and co-produced and starred in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article America Ferrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: America Georgina Ferrera
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film credits
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television credits
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1949–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
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Across film & television
Filmography (105)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
April Perez
2000
Conan
Self
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Good Wife
Natalie Flores
2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lin's Wife
2000
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Maternity
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Touched by an Angel
Charlee Wells
1994
Superstore
Amy Dubanowski
2015Superstore
Director
2015Superstore
Producer
2015Superstore
Co-Executive Producer
2015Superstore
Executive Producer
2015
What If...?
Ranger Morales (voice)
2021
Independent Lens
1999
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
Ugly Betty
Betty Suarez
2006
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Astrid (voice)
2015
Barbie
Gloria
2023
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
The Oscars
Self
1953
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Astrid (voice)
2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Astrid (voice)
2019
How to Train Your Dragon
Astrid (voice)
2010
DreamWorks Dragons
Astrid (voice)
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Lost Bus
Mary Ludwig
2025
Dumb Money
Jenny Campbell
2023
WeCrashed
Elishia Kennedy
2022
Tinker Bell
Fawn (voice)
2008
The Cat in the Hat
Carmen (voice)
2026
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Early Show
Self
1999
Sid the Science Kid
Dr. Rosalinda (voice)
2008
End of Watch
Officer Orozco
2012
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Astrid (voice)
2019
Angel City
Self
2023Phoning It In
Self (voice)
2024
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
Astrid (voice)
2014
Lords of Dogtown
Thunder Monkey
2005
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Astrid Hofferson (voice)
2011
The Emmy Awards
Self - Presenter
1949
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Roubideaux
1951
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Carmen Lowell
2008
Under the Same Moon
Martha
2007
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Carmen Lowell
2005
Gentefied
Andy Cruz
2020
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Astrid Hofferson (voice)
2010
America Divided
Self
2016
Shine On with Reese
Self
2018
Book of Dragons
Astrid (voice)
2011
Our Family Wedding
Lucia Ramirez
2010
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self (archive footage)
2021
Real Women Have Curves
Ana Garcia
2002
It's a Disaster
Hedy Galili
2013
Gotta Kick It Up!
Yolanda
2002
Cesar Chavez
Helen Chavez
2014
Special Correspondents
Brigida
2016
Family Feud
Foremother
2018
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Six by Sondheim
Self / Mary
2013
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Self
2017
Half the Sky
Self
2012Army of Shadows
100 Years
Narrator (voice)
2017
The Latino List
Self
2011
X/Y
Silvia
2014X/Y
Producer
2014
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Self
2016
How to Train Your Dragon: Legends
Astrid (voice)
2010
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
Dr. Cordova (voice)
2013
Towards Darkness
Luiza
2007Towards Darkness
Executive Producer
2007
Plainsong
Victoria Roubideaux
2004
The Dry Land
Sarah
2010The Dry Land
Executive Producer
2010
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
Self - Narrator
2011
3:52
Kate
2005
Steel City
Amy Barnes
2006
Get the Fire!
Narrator
2003
Darkness Minus Twelve
Luiza
2004
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Blanca
2005
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Self - Host
2020La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Self
2007I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Director
My What If Year
Producer
Muertas
Rebecca
2007Muertas
Executive Producer
2007