America Ferrera
National treasure BY BLAKE LIVELY God blessed America.
America Ferrera is an Oscar-nominated actress, activist, producer, director, writer, advocate, mother, wife, sister, daughter—you get the idea. There isn’t enough room on this page to include all her hyphenates. A simpler way of saying it is, America Ferrera is everything.
She brings 980% of herself to all she touches, which elevates everyone around her to their highest selves. She transforms with every character she steps into. But the power of America is she doesn’t transform and disappear into a role as we’re so trained to think we want—America transforms and appears.
The world was awakened when they heard her as Gloria give the film-defining monologue in Barbie, discovering truths within themselves as they laughed, cried, and reveled.
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