America Ferrera

America Ferrera

1984-04-18 Los Angeles, California, USA 53 Credits

Biography

America Georgina Ferrera (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007 and 2024, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women list. Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in...

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The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat

2026

as The Mother (voice)

Acting

Doing what he does best, the Cat spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature, and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a ...

Dumb Money

Dumb Money

2023

as Jenny Campbell

6.7
Acting

Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of...

Barbie

Barbie

2023

as Gloria

7.0
Acting

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to...

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award...

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy

2020

as Self - Host

3.0
Acting

A star-studded, bipartisan special featuring appearances and performances from a variety of entertainment luminaries. Co-hosted by America Ferrera, Al...

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

2019

as Astrid (voice)

8.0
Acting

It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holi...

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

as Astrid (voice)

7.8
Acting

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When da...

Family Feud

Family Feud

2018

as Foremother

2.5
Acting

Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.

Katy Perry:  Will You Be My Witness?

Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?

2017

as Self

7.7
Acting

In her new YouTube Red Original Movie, the colorful pop icon puts her life on camera 24/7 for four whole days, in her most intimate reveal yet. Join K...

The Words That Built America

The Words That Built America

2017

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

6.0
Acting

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

100 Years

100 Years

2017

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.

Special Correspondents

Special Correspondents

2016

as Brigida

5.8
Acting

A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A...

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2016

as Self

3.3
Acting

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insigh...

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers

2014

as Astrid (voice)

7.3
Acting

A hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and friends as they compete to become the first Dragon Racing champion of Berk.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

as Astrid (voice)

7.7
Acting

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. Du...

X/Y

X/Y

2014

as Silvia

4.6
Acting

As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect wit...

X/Y

X/Y

2014

Producer

4.6
Producing

As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect wit...

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

2014

as Helen Chavez

6.2
Acting

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez t...

Six by Sondheim

Six by Sondheim

2013

as Self / Mary

7.1
Acting

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

It's a Disaster

It's a Disaster

2013

as Hedy Galili

6.3
Acting

Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.

Sid the Science Kid: The Movie

Sid the Science Kid: The Movie

2013

as Dr. Cordova (voice)

2.6
Acting

In Sid's very first film debut, Sid and his classmate Gabriela enter a contest and win the exclusive opportunity to visit a new modern science museum ...

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

2012

as Self

7.4
Acting

PBS series documentary based on a book of the same name that argues the oppression of women worldwide is the "paramount moral challenge" of our time.

End of Watch

End of Watch

2012

as Officer Orozco

7.4
Acting

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine...

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

2011

as Astrid Hofferson (voice)

7.2
Acting

Hiccup and Toothless go on an exciting adventure and discover an island of new dragons.

Book of Dragons

Book of Dragons

2011

as Astrid (voice)

6.8
Acting

So you want to be a dragon trainer do you? Prepare yourself for adventure, excitement and training as Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless and Gobber tell the le...

The Latino List

The Latino List

2011

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary film interviews leading Latinos on race, identity, and achievement.

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story

2011

as Self - Narrator

6.0
Acting

In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for the murder of a 43-year-old man. Cyntoia was a prostitute and he was her client.

How to Train Your Dragon: Legends

How to Train Your Dragon: Legends

2010

as Astrid (voice)

7.7
Acting

How to Train Your Dragon: Legends is a DVD package that includes the shorts Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, Gift of the Night Fury, and Book of Drag...

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

2010

as Astrid Hofferson (voice)

7.0
Acting

Hiccup and friends accompany their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon.

The Dry Land

The Dry Land

2010

as Sarah

5.0
Acting

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

The Dry Land

The Dry Land

2010

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

as Astrid (voice)

7.8
Acting

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his wa...

Our Family Wedding

Our Family Wedding

2010

as Lucia Ramirez

5.6
Acting

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell

2008

as Fawn (voice)

6.9
Acting

Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fair...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

2008

as Carmen Lowell

6.3
Acting

Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong ...

Under the Same Moon

Under the Same Moon

2007

as Martha

7.7
Acting

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illeg...

La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul

2007

as Self

8.2
Acting

A born rebel and innovator, Lupe Yoli aka La Lupe or La Yiyiyi was renowned for her emotional performances. Her renditions of classics such as "My Way...

Towards Darkness

Towards Darkness

2007

as Luiza

5.2
Acting

About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as t...

Towards Darkness

Towards Darkness

2007

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

About a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as t...

Muertas

2007

as Rebecca

10.0
Acting

A young American journalist attempts to piece together the fractured memories of a love lost amidst the ongoing Juarez, Mexico murders.

Muertas

2007

Executive Producer

10.0
Producing

A young American journalist attempts to piece together the fractured memories of a love lost amidst the ongoing Juarez, Mexico murders.

Steel City

Steel City

2006

as Amy Barnes

5.7
Acting

After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county...

3:52

3:52

2005

as Kate

Acting

A young woman tries to overcome her addiction to alcohol by looking inward and facing her darkest issues in Shawna Baca's 35mm short film. Haunted by ...

Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown

2005

as Thunder Monkey

7.1
Acting

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of spor...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005

as Carmen Lowell

6.5
Acting

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and ma...

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

2005

as Blanca

5.4
Acting

Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.

Plainsong

Plainsong

2004

as Victoria Roubideaux

7.0
Acting

Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to p...

Darkness Minus Twelve

Darkness Minus Twelve

2004

as Luiza

10.0
Acting

A kidnap hostage in Colombia lives twelve minutes of fear as his family, a man in charge of delivering the ransom money, and a special ops team all ru...

Get the Fire!

Get the Fire!

2003

as Narrator

Acting

Three young Mormon men, age 19, embark on a two-year rite of passage in Germany as part of a long-standing worldwide effort by Mormon missionaries to ...

Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002

as Ana Garcia

6.1
Acting

Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is t...

Gotta Kick It Up!

Gotta Kick It Up!

2002

as Yolanda

6.6
Acting

This was going to be the first year that Marshal Middle School was not going to have a dance team. All that changes when the new Biology teacher, Ms. ...

The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus

N/A

as Mary Ludwig

Acting

Bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig navigate a bus full of children through a deadly wildfire as the town of Paradise is caught in t...

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

N/A

Director

Directing

Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away fro...