Birthday: April 18, 1984
Biography And Filmography:
Born on April 18, 1984 and raised in Woodland Hills, CA., America Ferrera’s parents came to the United States from Honduras in the 1970’s. After arriving in America, her mom divorced her father and raised all six kids on her own, five girls and one boy, while reinforcing the importance of school and education. All six children graduated from college, and she received her degree in International Relations from the University of California, while she pursued acting during breaks and summer vacations.
By the time America was just eight years old, when she performed in a small school production of Hamlet, she knew that she wanted to be an actress and performer. She performed in school plays and small community theaters throughout Los Angeles, but without the approval of her mother, who insisted that she pursue other interests geared toward the business world.
At age sixteen, the actress signed a contract with a talent agency and manager and started auditioning for television and print commercials and other show business projects. Her first big break came at age seventeen when she was cast as one the championship dancers in the Disney Channel’s TV movie “Gotta Kick It Up” in 2002. Executives were impressed with her performance and was hired and cast is the lead in the dramatic comedy “Real Women Have Curves” (2002), portraying a young Latina girl determined to go to college to follow her writing dreams instead of staying with her family and work in a dressmaking factory.
Ferrera was then cast to play a young high school student with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in “Touched By an Angel”, and was then hired for the role of a pregnant young teen thrown out of her house in “Plainsong” (2004) with Rachel Griffiths. After a guest appearance in an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” in 2000, she was next cast as the skateboarding groupie, Thunder Monkey, in “Lords of Dogtown” (2005) featuring Heath Ledger. The film follows the surf and skateboarding culture and trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's.
The star got her first big-league starring role in the adventure comedy “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005) starring alongside Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively and Jenna Boyd, about four best girlfriends who hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
She took a breather from movie making when she was cast to portray the lead role in the one-hour television drama “Ugly Betty” (2006). America played the role of Betty Suarez, a smart, sweet and hard working person. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode Magazine, the high-fashion magazine where she works. "Ugly Betty" became an overnight smash hit with audiences and critics alike and shot to the tops of the ratings chart within months of its debut.
Her performance in "Ugly Betty" won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series. In all, the show has been nominated for 43 different awards and won 32 of them.
Riding high on the critical success of "Ugly Betty", Ferrera had become an overnight sensation and true Hollywood celebrity. During breaks from "Ugly Betty" taping, the actress lent her distinctive voice talent to the animated family adventure film "Tinker Bell" (2008) working with Raven-Symoné, Lucy Liu and Jesse McCartney. The film is a cute story about Tinker Bell, who uses the power of imagination to save Pixie Hollow, the home of all fairies, by finding out the true magic of Pixie Dust.
The following year she was hired for another leading role in the dramatic "An Invisible Sign of My Own", about a young math teacher (Ferrera) who uses the subject to help her students with their own crises. The actress wrapped her year with more voice work in the animated adventure "How To Train Your Dragon". America lent her voice to the character of Astrid, in a story about the son of a Viking who trains his scrawny, toothless dragon to be a brave hero. Based on Cressida Cowell's children's book, "How to Train Your Dragon."
Watch America Ferrera In "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" Movie Trailer
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