America Ferrera, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, gave a memorable speech about the impossible expectations placed on women in Barbie. But Ferrera, 39, may have inadvertently perpetuated the myth of women who can and can do it through her personal example. — Kara Meyer
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In 2007, Ferrera became the first, and still the only Latina, to win an Emmy Award for Best Comedy Actress for her performance on ABC's Ugly Betty.
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Ferrera has two children with her husband, Ryan Piers Williams, who played her character's spouse on Barbie.
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Ugly Betty earned Ferrera a hat-trick of Emmys, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Age Ferrera broke out in “Real Women Have Curves,” in which she played a Mexican-American teen who challenges her stubborn mother (Lupe Hontiveros). Her Ferrera was nominated for Independent Spirit's Best Debut, and she won the Sundance Acting Award with Ontiveros.
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At the age when the tenacious Ferrera earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, after putting her education on hold amidst her success as an actress. (It's a real degree, not the honorary degrees typically earned by celebrity dropouts.)
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Ferrera led the ensemble cast of the NBC sitcom “Superstore” for most of its six seasons, except for a gap in the final season.
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rear Ferrera, who directed episodes of “Superstore'' and Netflix's “Gentified,'' makes her feature directorial debut with “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter,'' an adaptation of Erika Sanchez's novel and callback to “Real Women.'' I plan to decorate it.
