America Ferrera

Birth Name: America Georgina Ferrera
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: April 18, 1984, Aries
Profession: Actor
Full-figured and effortlessly fabulous, Ferrera was 18 when she made her auspicious film debut in the delightful 2002 indie comedy Real Women Have Curves. In addition to winning the Sundance Film Festival's jury award for best actress, she became a hero to spunky zaftig girls of all ethnicities by embracing her sexiness without dismissing her insecurities. A handful of TV guest spots followed, as Hollywood tried to figure out what to do with this charismatic but unconventional player. Meanwhile, the brainy actress studied international relations at the University of Southern California. In 2005 she gave another winning performance in the ensemble chick flick The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and the next year she scored her big small-screen breakthrough, earning Golden Globe and SAG Awards as the lead in Ugly Betty, the hit American adaptation of a wildly popular Spanish telenovela.
America Ferrera Fast Facts:
Youngest of six sisters raised in a single-parent household in the Woodland Hills region of the San Fernando Valley.

America Ferrera Relationships:
Ryan Piers Williams - Significant Other

America Ferrera Awards:
2007 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Winner
2007 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Winner

College:

Attended University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA