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America Georgine Ferrera〔 (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Betty Suarez on the American Broadcasting Company's comedy-drama television series ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010). Her acting garnered critical acclaim, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She has featured in a number of movies, including ''Real Women Have Curves'' (2002), ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' (2005), its sequel ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' (2008), ''The Dry Land'' (2010), ''End of Watch'' (2012), and ''Our Family Wedding'' (2010). She also had a small role in the skateboard biopic ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005). In addition, Ferrera provides the voice of Astrid the Viking in the DreamWorks animated picture ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (2010), Cartoon Network's television series based on the film ''Dragons: Riders of Berk'', ''Dragons: Defenders of Berk'' and the sequel, ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' (2014). Ferrera will mark her return to television as a regular and co-producer on the upcoming situation comedy ''Superstore'', which was bought by NBC for the 2015-16 television season. ==Early life== Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in Los Angeles, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.biography.com/people/america-ferrera-201266 )〕 Her parents, América Griselda Ayes and Carlos Gregorio Ferrera, were originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s.〔 (América Ferrera cambia de patito feo a diva ). Elheraldo.hn (August 25, 2010). Retrieved on April 8, 2013.〕 Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for one of the Hilton Hotels, and stressed the importance of higher education.〔(America Ferrera's family background ). Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved on April 8, 2013.〕 When she was 7, her parents divorced and her father returned to Honduras.〔Biography Today, p. 78〕 Ferrera's father died in 2010. Ferrera was raised in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, where she attended Calabash Street Elementary School, George Ellery Hale Middle School and El Camino Real High School. From the time she was seven years old, when she landed a small role in a school production of ''Hamlet'' and then at age 10, the role as the Artful Dodger in ''Oliver!'', Ferrera knew that she wanted to be a performer. Her first play was ''Romeo and Juliet'', and although only in the third grade, she went to the junior high school and auditioned and got the role of the Apothecary.〔Biography Today, p. 79〕 She acted in school plays and community theater in Los Angeles throughout her youth, though with little help from her mother, who insisted that she pursue other interests because she was concerned her daughter would not be treated fairly.〔 Ferrera disliked her first name as a child and went by her middle name, "Georgina", until she began acting professionally.〔 〕 While at El Camino High School, she took acting lessons at the age of 15 and was able to pay for them by waiting tables and babysitting. She entered the University of Southern California on a presidential scholarship, double majoring in theater and international relations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「America Ferrera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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