America Ferrera looks radiant as she strikes a pose with her husband Ryan Piers Williams at the premiere of 'Barbie' in Los Angeles. The stunning 39-year old actress dons a formfitting pale pink ensemble.
America Ferrera's stirring speech about the inequities of being a woman in the Barbie movie struck a note with millions of women around the world.
'Even at that age—and even without the wider context of the world's inequalities—I understood that it wasn't because of anything I did or deserved. I knew it was unfair and not right for a kid to be hungry while there were clearly resources all around that could help fix the problem.' 'If anything, it made me an underdog, and there’s not much that the USA loves more than a good underdog story. I was determined to build a career in an industry that didn’t reflect people like me. I refused to be deterred.'
History: She made history in 2007 when she became the first Latina to win the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Ugly Betty'He told me he had a mentee, a young Latina student, at a local high school in East Los Angeles.
Lifechanging: America's life changed when she was cast in 2002's real women have curves. She revealed it helped change the lives of other young women who used the movie to explain the challenges they faced in their own lives In 2008, during the Hollywood writers strike, the ALMA Award winner turned her attention to politics, and began supporting Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Advocacy: Working on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign helped the actress gain skills she uses today. 'I became driven towards the Latino community and our engagement in democracy,' she wrote
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