America Ferrera is best known for her portrayal as Betty Suarez in the comedy-drama series Ugly Betty. Since then, she’s added so many more films and television series to her filmography. Everyone knows America Ferrera, and that’s not going to change. I mean, this accomplished woman wasn’t named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for nothing. She’s a star!
Ferrera began her acting debut at 18 years old in the 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie Gotta Kick It Up! In the same year, she landed her feature movie debut in Real Women Have Curves. She received high praise for her role as Ana in the film.
In 2005, she starred in the comedy film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer. This film won the Silver George for the Best Film of the Perspective competition at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. And we can’t forget her role as Carmen in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Her portrayal as Carmen won the Imagen Award for Best Actress and her first nomination at the ALMA Awards.
However, her breakthrough role didn’t come until 2006, when she landed the lead role as Betty Suarez in ABC’s Ugly Betty. She won several awards for her portrayal in the comedy-drama series such as 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. In addition, she made history as the first Latina woman to win the Outstanding Lead Actress Award!
In 2015, she took on the role of Amy in the popular NBC sitcom Superstore. Then in 2020, she became an executive producer and director of the Netflix original series Gentefied. Now in 2021, it’s been announced that Ferrera will be making her feature-length directorial debut with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.
We only listed some of the movies and shows that America Ferrera has been a part of. There are so many more that we didn’t list. You can check out her complete filmography on her IMDb page.
With all the movies and shows Ferrera has had a role in, it makes you wonder how many of those movies and shows are on Netflix. We share with you all the America Ferrera movies and shows on Netflix down below.
Ferrera has three movies available to watch on Netflix. Only one of those movies is a Netflix movie. We provide all three movies right below:
She has four television series on Netflix, and only two out of the four are Netflix originals. You can take a look at the series below.
We can’t wait to see what Ferrera will star in next! And of course, we’ll update this list if her next movie or show is coming to Netflix.
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