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The New Albany Lecture Series: An Evening with America Ferrera Interviewed by Mandalit del Barco
The New Albany Lecture Series kicks off its 12th season with America Ferrera, an award-winning actor, director, and producer known for her many iconic roles in TV and film, interviewed by NPR West’s Mandalit del Barco.
America Ferrera is an award-winning actor, director, and producer known for her many iconic roles in TV and film including Ugly Betty, Real Women Have Curves, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Superstore, and most recently Greta Gerwig’s history-making Barbie, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award®. Barbie has broken countless box office records and was the highest-grossing film of 2023.
For her breakthrough performance in Ugly Betty, Ferrera was awarded an Emmy®, a Screen Actors Guild Award®, and a Golden Globe®, as well as ALMA and Imagen Awards. In addition to being nominated for an Academy Award for her powerful performance as “Gloria”, she was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for “Best Supporting Actress”, and was honored with the 8th Annual SeeHer Award by the same group.
For six seasons, Ferrera executive produced, directed, and starred in NBC’s beloved workplace comedy, Superstore.
Ferrera’s first book, American Like Me, landed on the New York Times best-seller list. It is a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures in America. Curated and edited by Ferrera, the anthology includes essays that share her own perspective of growing up in Los Angeles as the daughter of Honduran immigrants and the youngest of six children.
Ferrera is a graduate of the University of Southern California where she studied International Relations while pursuing her film and television career. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and two children.
Ferrera will be interviewed by Mandalit Del Barco, NPR West’s arts correspondent who reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and more.
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