America Ferrera Biography (3)
America Ferrera was the 16-year-old breakout star of 2002's Sundance Film Festival for her debut starring performance in Real Women Have Curves, for which she earned a Special Jury Prize. Ferrera is currently studying for a double-major in International Relations and Theater at the University of Southern California. The youngest of six children in a single-parent home (her mother is an immigrant from Honduras), Ferrera started acting in community theater and school plays at the age of eight. She has appeared in the television series Touched by an Angel and Gotta Kick It Up!
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