America Ferrera
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.
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- Born:
- Apr 18, 1984 In Los Angeles, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 63
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Cat in the Hat 2026-11-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Cat in the Hat | The Mother (voice) | 2026-11-05 |
| Movie | Elio | Olga Solis (voice) | 2025-06-18 |
| Movie | The Lost Bus | Mary Ludwig | 2025-09-19 |
| Movie | Barbie | Gloria | 2023-07-19 |
| Movie | Dumb Money | Jenny Campbell | 2023-09-15 |
| Movie | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self (archive footage) | 2021-06-18 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Astrid (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Astrid (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
| Movie | Family Feud | Foremother | 2018-01-04 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| Movie | 100 Years | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-17 |
| Movie | Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? | Self | 2017-10-04 |
| Movie | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Self | 2016-03-08 |
| Movie | Special Correspondents | Brigida | 2016-04-22 |
| Series | America Divided | Herself | 2016-10-29 |
| Series | Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2015-04-02 |
| Series | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Astrid (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
| Series | Superstore | Amy Dubanowski | 2015-11-30 |
| Movie | Cesar Chavez | Helen Chavez | 2014-03-28 |
| Movie | X/Y | Silvia | 2014-04-19 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Astrid (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
| Movie | Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers | Astrid (voice) | 2014-11-01 |
| Movie | It's a Disaster | Hedy Galili | 2013-04-12 |
| Movie | Sid the Science Kid: The Movie | Dr. Cordova (voice) | 2013-04-02 |
| Movie | Six by Sondheim | Self / Mary | 2013-12-09 |
| Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Astrid (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Movie | End of Watch | Officer Orozco | 2012-09-20 |
| Movie | Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide | Self | 2012-10-03 |
| Movie | The Latino List | Self | 2011-09-29 |
| Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Astrid Hofferson (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
| Movie | Book of Dragons | Astrid (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
| Movie | Our Family Wedding | Lucia Ramirez | 2010-03-12 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Astrid (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Legends | Astrid (voice) | 2010-11-15 |
| Movie | The Dry Land | Sarah | 2010-07-30 |
| Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Astrid Hofferson (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Carmen Lowell | 2008-08-06 |
| Movie | Tinker Bell | Fawn (voice) | 2008-09-11 |
| Movie | Towards Darkness | Luiza | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Muertas | Rebecca | 2007-03-08 |
| Movie | La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul | Self | 2007-06-05 |
| Movie | Under the Same Moon | Martha | 2007-07-27 |
| Movie | Steel City | Amy Barnes | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Ugly Betty | Betty Suarez | 2006-09-28 |
| Movie | How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer | Blanca | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Carmen Lowell | 2005-06-01 |
| Movie | 3:52 | Kate | 2005-09-15 |
| Movie | Lords of Dogtown | Thunder Monkey | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | Darkness Minus Twelve | Luiza | 2004-04-13 |
| Movie | Plainsong | Victoria Roubideaux | 2004-04-25 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Gotta Kick It Up! | Yolanda | 2002-07-26 |
| Movie | Real Women Have Curves | Ana Garcia | 2002-10-18 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |