40 years old (Born on April 18, 1984)
Actress; She is famous from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Ugly Betty (TV Series)..
America Ferrera played Victoria Roubideaux in the TV movie Plainsong. Lords of Dogtown and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , two of her movies, both opened on the very same day.(Friday, June 3rd, 2005.) She is in the University of Southern California. She is double-majoring in Theater and International Relations. She is 5 feet 1 inches (1.55 metres) tall. She was in the Disney movie, Gotta Kick It Up.America Ferrera's Best Moments
Fun Facts About America Ferrera
America was chosen as one of People Magazine`s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.
She started acting in a community theater at the age of 8
America Ferrera is slated to reprise her role in the second Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. film. The sequel is reportedly going to be based on author Ann Brashares` fourth and final "Sisterhood" book, Forever in Blue. All the original main actresses are said to be returning for this movie, including Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, and Alexis Bledel. Filming is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2007.
She is not ashamed of her weight.
She was on the magazine cover photo PDTV (USA) on 24 September 2006.
Her nickname is Georgina.
American was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Leading Young Actress.
America is the youngest of six siblings.
In 2002, she did a TV commercial for Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
America played "CB`s Sister" in the Off-Broadway play, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, at the Century Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY) in December 2005 before Ugly Betty.
America is ranked #73 in AIM`s "100 Celebs Under 25".
She had an article published in TV Guide (USA) 31 July 2006, Vol. 54, Iss. 31, pg. 13, by Stephen Battaglio, "Ugly Betty`s Looking Good".
Her parents are Honduran.
In 2008, when America had a 3-month break from filming Ugly Betty because of the highly publicized writers` strike, she lost 30 pounds, but she wouldn`t tell the press how she did it.
America was ranked #84 in Maxim`s Hot 100 Women 2008.
She played Carmen in the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. This role is of a puerto rican girl who`s parent are divorced and she lives with her "single" mother.