America Ferrera Explained

America Ferrera
Birth Name:America Georgina Ferrera
Birth Date:18 April 1984
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Southern California (B.A.)
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2002–present
Children:2
Awards:Full list

America Georgina Ferrera[1] (; born April 18, 1984)[2] 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.[3]

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).

Early life and education

Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in Los Angeles, California.[4] Her parents, América Griselda Ayes and Carlos Gregorio Ferrera, were originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s.[5] Ferrera has stated that she has Lenca ancestry.[6] Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for one of the Hilton Hotels,[7] and stressed the importance of higher education.[8] When Ferrera was seven, her parents divorced and her father returned to Honduras.[9] Ferrera was estranged from her father when he died there in 2010.[10]

Ferrera was raised in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, where she attended Calabash Street Elementary School, George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School.[11] At age seven she played a small role in a school production of Hamlet, and when she was 10 she played the Artful Dodger in Oliver!.

While at El Camino High School, she took acting lessons. She entered the University of Southern California (USC) on a presidential scholarship, double-majoring in theatre and international relations. She dropped out to focus on her acting career, but completed her bachelor's degree in May 2013.[12]

Career

Debut and early roles (2002–2005)

In July 2002, Ferrera appeared in her first television film, Gotta Kick It Up! for The Disney Channel. While at a theatre program at Northwestern University that same year,[13] she made her feature movie debut in Real Women Have Curves. Ferrera followed this with roles in television (Touched by an Angel).[14] She also appeared in the movie Plainsong, based on the novel by Kent Haruf, which also featured Aidan Quinn and Rachel Griffiths. Ferrera played a pregnant teenager, Victoria Roubideaux, who has been kicked out of her mother's house; she is taken in by two kindly brothers who live alone on a farm.[15] In the 2005 film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, she starred as Bianca, a 17-year-old third-generation Mexican-American who is disgusted with the boys in her neighborhood but finds romance with a boy from a neighboring town. In 2006, she appeared in the short film 3:52, which won the Audience Award at the San Diego Women Film Festival. Later that year, she featured in the movie Steel City, which received nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Sundance Film Festival.[16] In December 2005, she appeared in the Off-Broadway play , directed by Trip Cullman.

Breakthrough and rise to fame (2006–2010)

In 2006, Ferrera landed the lead role of Betty Suarez in ABC's new comedy-drama Ugly Betty, an adaptation of the successful Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999–2001), in which Ferrera portrays a girl whom her peers find extremely unattractive, thus the series title. As Betty Suarez, Ferrera wears braces, has bushy eyebrows and a disheveled wig, and cosmetics and clothing intended to downplay her own looks, in contrast to most of the "glammed up" characters; Ferrera invented the term "Bettification" to describe the process of creating her onscreen persona.[17] In 2007, Ferrera won numerous accolades for her performance in the series; she also won the "triple crown" for acting in television; 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, becoming the first Latina woman to win the Outstanding Lead Actress Award.[18] [19] [20]

In the wake of her Golden Globe win, Ferrera was congratulated by Hilda L. Solis in the United States House of Representatives and was commended for "helping to break down stereotypes and provide a role model for young Latinas".[21] Time included Ferrera in their 2007 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[22] Also in 2007, Ferrera won the Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award.[23] Ferrera starred as Carmen in the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and reprised the role in 2008's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Among other film work, she voice the role of Astrid in the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon (2010). She also appeared in The Dry Land which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival[24] and ran at the Dallas International Film Festival where it won the top prize in the Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature.[25]

Post-Ugly Betty projects and Superstore (2011–2022)

Ferrera made her London stage debut on November 7, 2011, playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in London's West End.[26] In 2012, Ferrera was featured in the four-hour documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which premiered on PBS October 1 and 2, 2012.[27] The series introduces women and girls living in very difficult circumstances and struggling to challenge them. The Half the Sky PBS TV series is produced by Show of Force along with Fugitive Films. Ferrera starred alongside David Cross and Julia Stiles in the dark comedy It's a Disaster, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival and had a limited commercial release on April 12, 2013.[28]

On May 17, 2013, ABC announced that Ferrera was cast in a limited-run telenovela titled Pedro & Maria, a modern-day take on Romeo and Juliet set in Washington, D.C. The series had been in development at MTV since 2010 with Ferrera serving as a director on the project, which would have interactive participation online content from viewers.[29] ABC later decided not to move forward with the series. On March 16, 2015, Ferrera was added to the cast of the upcoming NBC sitcom Superstore, portraying Amy, a 10-year veteran floor supervisor at a superstore named Cloud 9. In addition to her main role, Ferrera also had co-production duties for the series.[30] After NBC had initially announced a sixth season of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that Ferrera would be departing the series at the end of the fifth season citing new projects and spending time with family.[31] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down Superstore's fifth season with one episode left to film, her departure was delayed into season 6 in order to give her character's arc a proper closure.[32] [33] On March 10, 2021, NBC announced that Ferrera would return for the show's one-hour series finale.[34]

In February 2019, it was announced that Ferrera would be credited as an executive producer and director for the Netflix comedy-drama series Gentefied.[35] [36] The series premiered on February 21, 2020.[37]

Further projects and Barbie (2023–present)

In February 2021, it was announced that Ferrera would make her feature length directorial debut with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, based on the young adult novel of the same name by Erika L. Sánchez. Adapted by Linda Yvette Chávez, the film will be a co-production with Netflix, Anonymous Content, Aevitas Creative Management and MACRO.[38]

In 2023, Ferrera appeared as Gloria in the film Barbie, for which she received Academy Award, SAG, and two Critics' Choice nominations (Supporting Actress and Ensemble Cast).[39]

In February 2024 it was announced that Ferrera would star in and executive produce an Amazon Prime Video series about artist Ana Mendieta. The work is based on a book by Robert Katz, to be scripted by Cherise Castro Smith and co-executive produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Plan B Entertainment.[40] [41] She will appear in the third season of Marvel Studios' What If...? as Ranger Morales, a brand-new original character.[42] [43] She was originally set to star in Pixar's upcoming sci-fi adventure film Elio, but left the project in August 2024 due to scheduling conflicts.[44]

Activism

Ferrera has been politically active. During the 2008 presidential primaries, she, alongside Chelsea Clinton and Amber Tamblyn, led the Hillblazers organization in support of Hillary Clinton's campaign.[45]

Ferrera attended both the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.[46] At the 2016 convention, she addressed the delegates as a speaker, sharing the stage with Lena Dunham.[47] Ferrera has been active, through her involvement with the organization Voto Latino and by appearing on various news programs, in getting Latinos in the United States to vote.[48] Ferrera also works with Eva Longoria to co-host She Se Puede, a digital lifestyle platform which encourages voting within the Latina community. As a continuation of their work prior to the 2020 presidential campaign, Ferrera and Longoria held a textbanking event with VoteRiders to educate voters about Georgia's strict Voter ID laws ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff.[49] [50]

Ferrera was the opening speaker for the Women's March on Washington on January 21, 2017.[51]

Ferrera spoke at the Families Belong Together protest on June 30, 2018.[52]

In October 2017, Ferrera began her participation in the

  1. MeToo campaign
, publicly revealing that she was sexually harassed when she was nine years old. She did not reveal any details about the harassment or the person who harassed her.[53] In January 2018, Ferrera was a founding member of the Time's Up legal defense fund.[54]

In May 2024, Ferrera became IOM Global Goodwill Ambassador.[55]

Personal life and other ventures

Ferrera first met actor, director, and writer Ryan Piers Williams when he cast her in a student film at USC in 2005.[56] The couple got engaged in June 2010,[56] and married on June 27, 2011.[57] On January 1, 2018, Ferrera and Williams revealed that they were expecting their first child.[58] She announced on her Instagram page on May 29, 2018, that she had given birth that month to a boy, Sebastian.[59] [60] [61] On May 4, 2020, Ferrera gave birth to a girl, Lucia.[62] On June 27, 2020, Ferrera acknowledged the couple's fifteenth anniversary since becoming a couple.[63]

Ferrera was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2015.[64] In 2018, her edited anthology of stories, American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, was published by Gallery Publishing Group.[65] In April 2019, Ferrera gave a TEDTalk entitled "My Identity is a Superpower".[66] In July 2020, Ferrera was announced as an investor in a primarily female group that was awarded a Los Angeles-based franchise in the National Women's Soccer League.[67] The new team, since unveiled as Angel City FC,[68] started playing in 2022.[69]

Filmography

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Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Real Women Have CurvesAna García
2004Darkness Minus TwelveLuizaShort film
2005How the Garcia Girls Spent Their SummerBlanca Garcia
The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsCarmen Lowell
Lords of DogtownThunder Monkey
3:52Kate
2006Steel CityAmy Barnes
2007MuertasRebeccaShort film; also executive producer
Towards Darkness (Hacia la oscuridad)LuizaAlso executive producer
Under the Same MoonMartha
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Carmen Lowell
Tinker BellFawnDirect-to-video; voice role
2010The Dry LandSarahAlso executive producer
Our Family WeddingLucia Ramirez
How to Train Your DragonAstrid HoffersonVoice role
Legend of the Boneknapper DragonShort film; voice role
2011Book of Dragons
Gift of the Night Fury
2012It's a DisasterHedy Galili
End of WatchOfficer Orozco
Half the SkyHerselfDocumentary film
2014Cesar ChavezHelen Chávez
X/YSilviaAlso producer
How to Train Your Dragon 2Astrid HoffersonVoice role
Dawn of the Dragon RacersShort film; voice role
2016Special CorrespondentsBrigida
2019Astrid HoffersonVoice role
Short film; voice role
2023Barbie Gloria
Dumb MoneyJennifer Campbell
TBAThe Lost Bus Mary LudwigPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
Independent LensHerself / HostSeasons 59, 1213
112 episodes
Touched by an AngelCharleeEpisode: "The Word"
Gotta Kick It Up!Yolanda "Yoli" VargasDisney Channel Original Movie
PlainsongVictoria RoubideauxHallmark Hall of Fame movie
April PerezEpisode: "Harvest"
Ugly BettyBetty SuarezLead role; 85 episodes
Handy MannyGraciela MoralesEpisode: "Snow Problem"; voice
The Good WifeNatalie Flores4 episodes
DreamWorks DragonsAstrid HoffersonMain cast; voice
Years of Living DangerouslyHerselfEpisode: "Winds of Change"
Last Week Tonight with John OliverMaternityEpisode: "Paid Family Leave"
Inside Amy SchumerMenaEpisode: "80s Ladies"
SuperstoreAmelia "Amy" SosaMain cast, 103 episodes; also co-producer and director of four episodes
Lip Sync BattleHerselfEpisode: "America Ferrera vs. Amber Tamblyn"
Curb Your EnthusiasmVanessa NadalEpisode: "The Shucker"
GentefiedAndy CruzEpisode: "The Mural"; also executive producer and director
WeCrashedElishia Kennedy2 episodes
What If...? Ranger MoralesIn production; voice

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012ChristineChristineMain cast; 12 episodes
2015What's Your EmergencyBrenda Fitzgerald2 episodes
2017Gente-fiedExecutive producer

Awards and nominations

See main article: List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera.

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davis . Peter . August 2009 . Miss America . Gotham . https://web.archive.org/web/20090228110456/http://www.gotham-magazine.com/GOT_MA09_102_MIS.html . February 28, 2009 . September 19, 2009 . Named after her mother, Ferrera says she detested the name America as a child. ... 'So I used my middle name, Georgina.' ... When she started acting professionally, she decided to go with her real first name again..
  2. News: UPI Almanac for Sunday, April 18, 2021 . April 18, 2021 . May 25, 2021 . . actor America Ferrera in 1984 (age 37) . May 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525203712/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2021/04/18/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-April-18-2021/5291618711795/ . live .
  3. Web site: BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?. BBC News. November 23, 2023. November 24, 2023. en-GB.
  4. Web site: America Ferrera: Activist, Television Actress, Film Actress (1984–) . . . April 22, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181231122603/https://www.biography.com/people/america-ferrera-201266 . December 31, 2018.
  5. Web site: Arias . Gladis . August 25, 2010 . América Ferrera cambia de patito feo a diva . America Ferrera changes from ugly duckling to diva . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100831052233/http://www.elheraldo.hn/Vida/Ediciones/2010/08/25/Noticias/America-Ferrera-cambia-de-patito-feo-a-diva . August 31, 2010 . April 8, 2013 . Elheraldo.hn . es.
  6. Web site: America Ferrera on Instagram: "Tonight, I bring my own warrior ancestors with me, the indigenous Lenca tribe of Honduras. . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/americaferrera/2240318188384762192_2240318185708789970 . December 23, 2021 . subscription . February 9, 2020 . August 10, 2021 . Instagram . en.
  7. Web site: Comita . Jenny . America Ferrera, Hot Betty . W . May 2007 . February 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628211946/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/05/america_ferrera?currentPage=1 . June 28, 2010 . dead.
  8. Web site: America Ferrera's family background . Yahoo! Movies . April 8, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816001857/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/america-ferrera/biography.html . August 16, 2013.
  9. Biography Today, p. 78
  10. Web site: Rosario . Mariela . August 24, 2010 . America Ferrera's Father Passes Away . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807192441/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/celebrity/america-ferreras-father-passes-away . August 7, 2017 . December 8, 2011 . Latina.
  11. Web site: Buchanan . Jason . 2013 . Movies: Biography for America Ferrera . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131008025014/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/302580/America-Ferrera/biography . October 8, 2013 . December 1, 2018 . . Movies & TV Dept..
  12. Web site: Finn . Natalie . America Ferrera Graduating From College After 10 Years . E! . May 14, 2013 . May 14, 2013.
  13. Biography Today, p. 80
  14. Web site: America Ferrera Biography . Yahoo! Movies . June 4, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112215729/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/america-ferrera/biography.html . November 12, 2013.
  15. Biography Today, pp. 82–83
  16. Biography Today, p. 87
  17. Web site: Keveney . Bill . October 4, 2006 . It's a 'Bettification' project . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205111843/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-10-04-betty-transform-main_x.htm . February 5, 2012 . August 24, 2017 . USA Today.
  18. Web site: America Ferrera Emmy Award Winner . Emmys.com . April 8, 2013 . July 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130725102748/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/america-ferrera . live .
  19. Web site: The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . Screen Actors Guild . September 19, 2011 . December 4, 2012 . https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards . live .
  20. Web site: Berkshire . Geoff . America Ferrera Recalls 'Ugly Betty' Emmy Win, Breaking Ground for Latinas . Variety . November 28, 2016 . June 3, 2016 . November 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200131/http://variety.com/2016/tv/awards/america-ferrera-emmy-win-ugly-betty-latina-1201787912/ . live .
  21. Web site: America Ferrera Praised By Congress . popsugar.com . . January 18, 2007 . November 28, 2016 . November 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128200153/http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/America-Ferrera-Praised-Congress-110897#photo-110897 . live .
  22. White . Kate . The Time 100: America Ferrera . Time . May 3, 2007 . October 26, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011030515/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0%2C28804%2C1595326_1595332_1616652%2C00.html . October 11, 2007 . dead.
  23. Web site: America Ferrera wins an Imagen . Poponthepop.com . July 30, 2007 . April 8, 2013 . July 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717191938/http://poponthepop.com/2007/07/30/america-ferrera-cant-stop-picking-up-awards/ . dead .
  24. Web site: 2010 Sundance Film Festival : The Dry Land . Sundance.bside.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221005807/http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/thedryland_sundance2010 . February 21, 2010.
  25. Web site: O'Connell . Sean . April 17, 2010 . America Ferrera The Dry Land Dallas Film Festival Pete Docter . HollywoodNews.com . April 8, 2013 . July 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130725064922/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/04/17/america-ferrera-wilmer-valderrama-in-dallas-film-fest-winner/ . dead .
  26. Web site: Bosanquet . Theo . October 10, 2011 . Ugly Betty's America Ferrera Leads Chicago at Garrick . WhatsOnStage . October 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214002439/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831318269412/Ugly+Betty's+America+Ferrera+Leads+Chicago+at+Garrick.html . December 14, 2011 . dead.
  27. Web site: Independent Lens: Half the Sky . PBS . March 22, 2013 . March 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130317010339/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/ . live .
  28. Web site: It's a Disaster – weekly box office results . June 24, 2014 . Box Office Mojo . December 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141203002546/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=itsadisaster.htm . live .
  29. Hibberd . James . America Ferrera eyes ABC return in 'Romeo and Juliet'-inspired series – EXCLUSIVE . Entertainment Weekly . May 17, 2013 . May 16, 2014.
  30. Web site: Goldberg . Lesley . March 16, 2015 . America Ferrera to Star in NBC Comedy 'Superstore' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423055230/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/america-ferrera-star-nbc-comedy-781732 . April 23, 2016 . May 10, 2015 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  31. Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . February 28, 2020 . America Ferrera To Leave 'Superstore' After 5 Seasons . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194113/https://deadline.com/2020/02/america-ferrera-leaves-superstore-after-5-seasons-exit-1202870788/ . February 6, 2021 . February 28, 2020 . Deadline.
  32. Web site: Jacobs . Meredith . March 14, 2020 . 'Superstore' Shuts Down Production Due to Coronavirus: Will It Affect America Ferrera's Exit? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194123/https://www.tvinsider.com/923828/superstore-season-5-production-america-ferrera-exit-amy/ . February 6, 2021 . March 16, 2020 . TV Insider.
  33. Web site: Superstore Season 5 Cut Short: What Does This Mean for America Ferrera's Farewell Episode? . TV Fanatic . March 16, 2020 . March 16, 2020 . February 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206194137/https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/03/cbs-march-madness-replacement-plan-shuffles-hawaii-5-0-series-fi/ . live .
  34. Web site: Mauch . Ally . America Ferrera Will Return to Superstore for Series Finale: 'A Joyful and Bittersweet Goodbye' . March 10, 2021 . March 14, 2021 . . March 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210315205623/https://people.com/tv/america-ferrera-will-return-to-superstore-for-series-finale/ . live .
  35. Web site: 'Gentefied': Netflix Orders Latinx Dramedy From America Ferrera, Teri Weinberg, Macro & Web Series Duo . Pedersen . Erik . . February 6, 2019 . May 23, 2019 . April 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407214031/https://deadline.com/2019/02/gentefied-netflix-latinx-dramedy-series-america-ferrera-macro-1202550670/ . live .
  36. Web site: 'Gentefied' EP America Ferrera: Netflix Comedy Series Captures "All Of The Things That I Am" — Sundance Studio . Grobar . Matt . . January 29, 2020 . January 31, 2020 . January 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131162710/https://deadline.com/video/gentefied-america-ferrara-marvin-lemus-linda-yvette-chavez-netflix-sundance-interview/ . live .
  37. Web site: 'Gentefied' Trailer: Bilingual Comedy Makes a Meal Out of LA Gentrification . Dry . Jude . IndieWire . January 21, 2020 . March 9, 2020 . January 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130121601/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/gentefied-trailer-netflix-comedy-latinx-bilingual-1202204764/ . live .
  38. Web site: Rubin . Rebecca . February 24, 2021 . America Ferrera sets feature film directorial debut with Netflix's 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191629/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-america-ferrera-i-am-not-your-perfect-mexican-daughter-20210224-vtqoc72ixfatjh2d6shgyfh6oq-story.html . April 19, 2021 . March 25, 2021 . The Chicago Tribune.
  39. News: Reichard . Lola Méndez, Raquel . America Ferrera Was Nominated For An Oscar. That's The Barbie Story That Matters . 28 February 2024 . www.refinery29.com . en.
  40. News: Nayyar . Rhea . February 26, 2024 . America Ferrera to Play Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta in New Series . March 13, 2024 . Hyperallergic.
  41. News: Grobar . Matt . February 23, 2024 . America Ferrera Set For Series 'Naked By The Window' In Development At Amazon MGM Studios . March 13, 2024 . Deadline.
  42. Web site: Marvel's What If...? Casts Barbie's America Ferrera in Mysterious Season 3 Role (Exclusive) . 2024-08-14 . TV Shows . January 5, 2024 . en.
  43. Web site: Dick . Jeremy . 2024-01-05 . Barbie's America Ferrera Joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe . 2024-08-14 . CBR . en.
  44. Web site: Pillot . Dempsey . 2024-08-11 . Pixar's 'Elio' Loses Its Director And America Ferrera . 2024-08-14 . Daily Disney News . en-us.
  45. Kearly . Kendyl . 8 Strong Women Who Were Influenced By Hillary Clinton . Bustle . June 2, 2015 . December 18, 2017.
  46. Web site: James . Kyleen . September 6, 2012 . Celebrities Attend The Democratic National Convention . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140124072919/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/celebrities-attend-democratic-national-convention-368457 . January 24, 2014 . April 16, 2014 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  47. News: Actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera bash Trump at the DNC . Seema . Metha . Los Angeles Times . July 27, 2016 . January 8, 2018 . January 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233520/http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-democratic-convention-2016-live-actresses-slash-at-1469582088-htmlstory.html . live .
  48. Web site: Castellanos . Melissa . December 21, 2013 . America Ferrera Visits POLITICO to Voice her Opinions on Immigration Reform . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227022831/http://www.latinpost.com/articles/5045/20131221/america-ferrera-voto-latino-politico-politico-immigration-reform.htm . December 27, 2013 . April 16, 2014 . Latino Post.
  49. Web site: Hinchliffe . Emma . September 5, 2020 . Eva Longoria and America Fererra have a plan to get more Latinas to the polls in November . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418070136/https://fortune.com/2020/09/05/america-ferrera-latina-voter-turnout-gap-get-out-the-vote/ . April 18, 2021 . February 26, 2021 . Fortune.
  50. Web site: Chuba . Kirsten . December 19, 2020 . Eva Longoria, America Ferrera To Textbank for Latina Georgia Voters Ahead of Runoffs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210124170357/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eva-longoria-america-ferrera-to-textbank-for-latina-georgia-voters-ahead-of-runoffs . January 24, 2021 . February 26, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  51. Web site: America Ferrera, Katy Perry, Cher to Turn Out for Women's March on Washington . . New York City . January 9, 2017 . September 22, 2018 . August 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014141/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Katy-Perry-Cher-America-Ferrera-to-Turn-Out-for-Womens-March-on-Washington-410162085.html . live .
  52. Web site: Ferrera: This fight belongs to all of us . June 30, 2018 . CNN . July 1, 2018 . July 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180701172139/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/06/30/immigration-protest-america-ferrera-separated-family-letter-nr-vpx.cnn . live .
  53. News: In #MeToo campaign, America Ferrera alleges she was only 9 when she was sexually assaulted . October 17, 2017 . Nardine . Saad . Los Angeles Times . January 4, 2018 . January 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117150646/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-me-too-sexual-assault-1508262986-htmlstory.html . live .
  54. News: Powerful Hollywood Women Unveil Anti-Harassment Action Plan . . January 1, 2018 . Cara . Buckley . January 4, 2018 . January 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180101112920/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/movies/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html . live .
  55. Web site: Actress and Activist America Ferrera Appointed IOM Global Goodwill Ambassador . 28 June 2024 . IOM.
  56. Web site: America Ferrera Is Engaged! . People . Julie . Jordan . June 17, 2010 . February 23, 2010 . January 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101124557/http://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-is-engaged/ . live .
  57. Web site: Zuckerman . Blaine . Schwartz . Alison . June 28, 2011 . America Ferrera Is Married! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115818/https://people.com/celebrity/america-ferrera-married-to-ryan-piers-williams/ . February 24, 2019 . February 24, 2019 . People.
  58. News: 'Superstore' star America Ferrera is pregnant with her first child . January 2, 2018 . Nardine . Saad . . January 4, 2018 . January 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192644/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-america-ferrera-baby-pregnant-1514933363-htmlstory.html . live .
  59. americaferrera . Ferrera . America . BjXlwQCDh6W . When 2 become 3... . May 29, 2018.
  60. America Ferrera Welcomes Son Sebastian . Karen . Mizoguchi . People . May 29, 2018.
  61. Web site: America Ferrera welcomes first child . Sandra . Gonzalez . May 29, 2018 . . February 3, 2019 . July 10, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180710195632/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/entertainment/america-ferrera-baby-born-sebastian-piers-williams/index.html . live .
  62. America Ferrera Gives Birth, Welcomes 2nd Child With Husband Ryan Piers Williams . Us Weekly . May 10, 2020.
  63. americaferrera . Ferrera . America . CB8xxq7hfqC . 15 years ago today, these baby faces fell hard and fast in love. They grew up together. . June 27, 2020.
  64. Web site: Chandra Wilson, Daniel Dae Kim, America Ferrera Join Narrators for 2015 Candlelight Processional at Epcot . https://web.archive.org/web/20151016145933/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/10/chandra-wilson-daniel-dae-kim-america-ferrera-join-narrators-for-2015-candlelight-processional-at-epcot/ . dead . October 16, 2015 . October 15, 2015 .
  65. Book: American like me : reflections on life between cultures . Gallery Books . 2018 . 978-1501180910 . Ferrerra . America . 1044574082.
  66. Web site: My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle . May 23, 2019 . May 16, 2021 . November 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031003/https://www.ted.com/talks/america_ferrera_my_identity_is_a_superpower_not_an_obstacle/up-next?language=en . live .
  67. National Women's Soccer League awards expansion team rights to Los Angeles . National Women’s Soccer League . July 21, 2020 . July 21, 2020.
  68. Angel City Confirms Name as Angel City Football Club and Officially Joins National Women's Soccer League . National Women’s Soccer League . October 21, 2020 . October 21, 2020.
  69. News: Baxter . Kevin . Angel City's Christen Press has torn ACL and will miss rest of season ... maybe more . June 15, 2022 . Los Angeles Times . June 14, 2022 . June 15, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615022546/https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/angel-city-fc/story/2022-06-13/angel-citys-christen-press-has-torn-acl-and-will-miss-rest-of-season-maybe-more . live .
  70. News: Variety . Aswad . Jem . Jay-Z Drops Beyonce-Starring Video for 'Family Feud' . December 29, 2017 . December 30, 2017 . December 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171231001214/http://variety.com/2017/music/news/jay-z-family-feud-video-beyonce-1202650153/ . live .

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