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BIRTHDAY

April 18, 1984

Los Angeles, CA

RECENT CREDITS

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pan... (FILM) Aug. 6, 2008

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Su... (FILM) May. 16, 2008

Towards Darkness (FILM) Mar. 21, 2008

Under the Same Moon (FILM) Mar. 19, 2008

Ugly Betty (TV) Dec. 6, 2007

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BIOGRAPHY

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Full-figured and effortlessly fabulous, Ferrera was 18 when she made her auspicious film debut in the delightful 2002 indie comedy Real Women Have Curves. In addition to winning the Sundance Film Festival's jury award for best actress, she became a hero to spunky zaftig girls of all ethnicities by embracing her sexiness without dismissing her insecurities. A handful of TV guest spots followed, as Hollywood tried to figure out what to do with this charismatic but unconventional player. Meanwhile, the brainy actress studied international relations at the University of Southern California. In 2005 she gave another winning performance in the ensemble chick flick The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and the next year she scored her big small-screen breakthrough, earning Golden Globe and SAG Awards as the lead in Ugly Betty, the hit American adaptation of a wildly popular Spanish telenovela.

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Headlines

2009 Emmy Noms: Snubs and Surprises

Jul. 16, 2009

The nominations for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and even though the amount of nominees was expanded in the major categories, there were still snubs and surprises ...

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Celebrity Auditions Gone Bad

Posted: May. 7, 2009

Oscars 2009: Meet the Nominees You've Never Heard Of

Posted: Feb. 13, 2009

3-D Mania!

Posted: Jan. 28, 2009

Direct-to-DVD: Sequel Mania!

Posted: Jan. 27, 2009

Girls Gone Styled at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Posted: Jan. 26, 2009

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