18/09/2023
Actress, producer, and director America Ferrera was born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents.
Early in her career, she garnered modest success with film roles in the Disney original “Gotta Kick It Up!” (2002) and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005). Ferrera took on one of her most famous roles as Betty Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama “Ugly Betty” (2006–10).
She has received numerous accolades, including an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2007, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
📸: “America Ferrera” by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2011. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Catherine and Ingrid Pino Duran. © 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders