America Ferrera

America Ferrera

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Biography

America Georgina Ferrera is an American actress. 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.

"I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the only one I could get tickets for, and then 'Les Miserables' and then 'Chicago.'"

America Ferrera

"My siblings are my best friends."

America Ferrera

"I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet."

America Ferrera

"As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important."

America Ferrera

"I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity."

America Ferrera

"I've never been speed dating! I sort of wish I had, just for the experience of it."

America Ferrera

"What's so kind of beautiful about the whole thing was that everything that made me not right for all of those hundreds of commercial auditions that I went on and no one ever wanted me for is what made me perfectly right for 'Real Women Have Curves'."

America Ferrera