Oscar-nominated supporting actress America Ferrera gave a memorable speech in “Barbie” about the impossible expectations placed on women. But Ferrera, 39, may have inadvertently perpetuated the myth of the can-be/do-it woman through her real-life example. -Carla Meyer
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In 2007, Ferrera became the first (and still only) Latina to win an Emmy for lead comedy actress, for her performance on ABC's “Ugly Betty.”
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Ferrera has two children with her husband Ryan Piers Williams, who played her character's spouse on “Barbie.”
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For “Ugly Betty,” Ferrera completed the hat-trick of Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards.
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Age Ferrera broke out with “Real Women Have Curves,” playing a Mexican-American teenager who defies her stubborn mother (Lupe Ontiveros). Ferrera earned an Independent Spirit nomination for her best debut and shared an acting award at Sundance with Ontiveros.
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Age at which the persistent Ferrera, after suspending her education in the midst of her success as an actress, earned her bachelor's degree from USC. (A real title, not the honorifics that celebrities who drop out of school usually get.)
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Ferrera led the cast of the NBC comedy “Superstore” for most of its six seasons, minus a gap in the final season.
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After After directing episodes of “Superstore” and Netflix’s “Gentefied,” Ferrera will make her directorial debut with “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter,” an adaptation of Erika Sánchez’s novel and a callback to “Real Women.” .
