Name: America FerreraBirth name: America Georgine Ferrera
Date of birth: April 18, 1984
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s): Actress
America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. Since 2006, she has played the titular role in the television series Ugly Betty. In July 2002, Ferrera made her first TV movie, Gotta Kick It Up! for The Disney Channel. That same year, she made her feature film debut in the indie sleeper hit Real Women Have Curves. Ferrera followed this with roles in both television (Touched by an Angel) and film (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Lords of Dogtown). Ferrera received a 2005 Movieline Breakthrough Award. In December 2005, she appeared in the off-Broadway play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, directed by Trip Cullman.
