America Georgine Ferrera is an American actress, voice actress, producer, and director. Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, 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. Ferrera has won many awards including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award among others. Ferrera achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the Disney original Gotta Kick It Up! and the drama The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; the latter earned her the Imagen Award Best Actress and her first nomination at the ALMA Awards. She undertook television roles including the eponymous rôle on the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty.
From 2006 until 2010, she was most recognized for her role as Betty Suarez on ABC's Ugly Betty. In the DreamWorks animated feature How to Train Your Dragon, she also gave the voice of Astrid the Viking. She made her NBC debut on the sitcom Superstore in 2015.
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