America Ferrera

America Ferrera: Biography in Details

Who is America Ferrera?

America Ferrera is an American actress listed in 100 Most Beautiful People by Peoples Magazine and Maxim Magazine. She is also famous as a television actress.

She is best known for her role as Betty Suarez on ABC’s Ugly Betty. Ferrera was an opening speaker for the Women’s March and currently works as the main cast of Superstore, a television series.

Social Media Profile

Ferrera has a huge fan following on social sites. She has 1.07 million Facebook followers and 1.2 million Instagram followers.

She doesn’t seem very active on Twitter because she has only 247.3k followers there.

What are the birth facts of America Ferrera?

America Ferrera was born as America Georgine Ferrera in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Her parents were Carlos Gregorio Ferrera and America Griselda Ayes and she is the youngest of six children.

Talking about her siblings, she has four brothers and a sister.

Ferrera was brought up in Woodland Hills by her single mother. Her parents divorced when she was 7 years old. Her mother was a director of the housekeeping staff of Hilton Hotels.

Ferrera is of Honduran descent and holds an American nationality.

Ferrera attended Elementary School as her primary education. She went to George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School to complete her higher education.

She performed in a school play of Hamlet at the age of 7. Ferrera dreamed of being an actress from a small age. Ferrera’s mother was worried that she won’t be judged correctly and wanted her to change her interest.

Ferrera went to the University of Southern California to complete her education on a presidential scholarship and studied theatre and International Relations. She double majored from there.

America Ferrera: Professional Life, Career

America Ferrera’s career started when she was in high school with Disney Channel’s movie Gotta Kick It Up. She also played in Real Woman Have Curves a film by HBO which gave her a Jury Award for Best Actress.

She started to get more films like Lord of Dogtown and The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants. Ferrera got a lead role in 2006 in a new television show Ugly Betty produced by Salma Hayek.

The series gave her many awards and made her very popular. She was also honored by Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis for providing a role model for young Latinas.

She was also seen in a recurring role in the TV drama The Good Wife. Her role as Helen in Cesar Chavez was also highly appreciated.

Achievement and Awards

Ferrera as an actress has many awards in her pocket and on her shelves. She won an award for Real Woman have Curved at Sundance Film Festival in 2002.

In 2006, she won Imagen Award for Best Actress in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ferrera also won many awards in many categories like Best Actress-Television in Imagen Award, Alma Award for Outstanding – Television Series, Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award, Sattelite Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in Comedy Series.

What is the net worth of America Ferrera?

As of 2024, Ferrera’s net worth is estimated to be $16 million.

She charges $125,000 per episode for a television series.

America Ferrera’s Rumors and Controversy

Ferrera was in a controversy when she revealed that she is not a fan of the female characters of the hit television series, The Hills or Gossip Girl.

Body Features- Height, Weight

America Ferrera has a very attractive Curvaceous Buxom figure with a measurement of 36-26-37 inches, a height of 5 feet, and 1 inch with a weight of 59 Kg.

She has dark brown eyes, and black hair and usually wears the dress of US 12. Her shoe size is 6.5 US.

Talking about curves, she says,

“I think it’s hilarious when people call Jessica Alba or Eva Longoria curvy. Come on. They’re not curvy. They’re small. I’m curvy.”

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