Actress of The Week: America Ferrera

America Georgine Ferrera (/ fəˈrɛərə /; lahir 18 April 1984) adalah seorang aktris, pengisi suara, dan produser Amerika. Lahir di Los Angeles, California, dari orang tua Honduras, Ferrera mengembangkan minat akting di usia muda, tampil di beberapa tahap produksi di sekolahnya. Dia membuat debut film fitur pada tahun 2002 dengan drama komedi Real Women Have Curves, memenangkan pujian untuk penampilannya. Ferrera adalah penerima berbagai penghargaan termasuk Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, dan Screen Actors Guild Award.

Ferrera mengumpulkan kesuksesan sederhana di awal karirnya dengan peran dalam film-film seperti Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) dan drama The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005); yang terakhir memberinya Aktris Penghargaan Terbaik Imagen dan nominasi pertamanya di ALMA Awards. Dia berkelana ke peran televisi dan mendapatkan peran utama dalam drama komedi ABC Ugly Betty (2006-2010). Ferrera mendapat pujian kritis karena berperan sebagai protagonis dari seri Betty Suarez, dan memenangkan Penghargaan Aktris Terbaik di berbagai upacara penghargaan pada 2007 termasuk Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, dan Primetime Emmy Award, yang pertama untuk seorang wanita Latin dalam kategori.

Peran film terkenal Ferrera lainnya termasuk drama The Dry Land (2010), komedi romantis Our Family Wedding (2010), dan drama kejahatan End of Watch (2012). Dia memberikan suara Astrid Hofferson dalam franchise How to Train Your Dragon, termasuk tiga film dan serial televisi Dreamworks Dragons. Dia ikut memproduksi dan berperan sebagai Amy Sosa dalam serial komedi NBC Superstore (2015 – sekarang).

Ferrera mendapat pengakuan luas untuk Ugly Betty. Majalah Time menamainya salah satu dari 100 orang paling berpengaruh di dunia pada tahun 2007.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Real Women Have Curves	Ana García
2004	Darkness Minus Twelve	Luiza	Short film
2005	How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer	Blanca Garcia
2005	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Carmen Lowell
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Thunder Monkey
2005	3:52	Kate
2006	Steel City	Amy Barnes
2007	Muertas	Rebecca	Short film; also executive producer
2007	Towards Darkness (Hacia la oscuridad)	Luiza	Also executive producer
2007	Under the Same Moon	Martha
2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Carmen Lowell
2008	Tinker Bell	Fawn	Direct-to-video; voice role
2010	The Dry Land	Sarah	Also executive producer
2010	Our Family Wedding	Lucia Ramirez
2010	How to Train Your Dragon	Astrid Hofferson	Voice role
2010	Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon		Short film; voice role
2011	Book of Dragons
2011	Gift of the Night Fury
2012	It's a Disaster	Hedy Galili
2012	End of Watch	Officer Orozco
2012	Half the Sky	Herself	Documentary film
2014	César Chávez	Helen Chavez
2014	X/Y	Silvia	Also producer
2014	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Astrid Hofferson	Voice role
2014	Dawn of the Dragon Racers		Short film; voice role
2016	Special Correspondents	Brigida
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Astrid Hofferson	Voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2008, 2010–2011	Independent Lens	Herself / Host	Seasons 5–9, 12–13; 112 episodes
2002	Touched by an Angel	Charlee	Episode: "The Word"
2002	Gotta Kick It Up!	Yolanda "Yoli" Vargas	Disney Channel Original Movie
2004	Plainsong	Victoria Roubideaux	Hallmark Hall of Fame movie
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	April Perez	Episode: "Harvest"
2006–2010	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez	Main cast; 85 episodes
2011–2013	The Good Wife	Natalie Flores	4 episodes
2011	Handy Manny	Graciela Morales	Episode: "Snow Problem"; voice
2012–2018	DreamWorks Dragons	Astrid Hofferson	Main cast; voice
2014	Years of Living Dangerously	Herself	Episode: "Winds of Change"
2015–present	Superstore	Amy Dubanowski/Sosa	Main cast; also co-producer and director of episodes: Mateo's Last Day Video Game Release Sandra's Fight
2016	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Episode: "America Ferrera vs. Amber Tamblyn"
2017	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Vanessa Nadal (Lin's wife)	Episode: "The Shucker"
TBA	Gentefied	—	Executive producer