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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Cat in the Hat
2026
as The Mother (voice)
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
2023
as Jenny Campbell
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
2023
as Gloria
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
2021
as Self (archive footage)
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
2020
as Self - Host
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
2019
as Astrid (voice)
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
2019
as Astrid (voice)
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
2018
as Foremother
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?
2017
as Self
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
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
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
2017
as Narrator (voice)
An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood.

Special Correspondents
2016
as Brigida
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
2016
as Self
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
2014
as Astrid (voice)
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
2014
as Astrid (voice)
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
2014
as Silvia
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
2014
Producer
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
2014
as Helen Chavez
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
2013
as Self / Mary
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
2013
as Hedy Galili
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
2013
as Dr. Cordova (voice)
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
2012
as Self
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
2012
as Officer Orozco
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
2011
as Astrid Hofferson (voice)
Hiccup and Toothless go on an exciting adventure and discover an island of new dragons.

Book of Dragons
2011
as Astrid (voice)
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
2011
as Self
Documentary film interviews leading Latinos on race, identity, and achievement.

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
2011
as Self - Narrator
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
2010
as Astrid (voice)
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
2010
as Astrid Hofferson (voice)
Hiccup and friends accompany their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon.

The Dry Land
2010
as Sarah
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
2010
Executive Producer
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
2010
as Astrid (voice)
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
2010
as Lucia Ramirez
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
2008
as Fawn (voice)
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
2008
as Carmen Lowell
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
2007
as Martha
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
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
2007
as Luiza
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
2007
Executive Producer
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
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
A young American journalist attempts to piece together the fractured memories of a love lost amidst the ongoing Juarez, Mexico murders.

Steel City
2006
as Amy Barnes
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
2005
as Kate
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
2005
as Thunder Monkey
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
2005
as Carmen Lowell
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
2005
as Blanca
Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer.

Plainsong
2004
as Victoria Roubideaux
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
2004
as Luiza
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!
2003
as Narrator
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
2002
as Ana Garcia
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!
2002
as Yolanda
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
N/A
as Mary Ludwig
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
Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away fro...