The Critics Choice Awards recognized America Ferrera with a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Barbie, and the Emmy Award-winner has also been selected to receive the 8th Annual SeeHer Award during the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. The special honor was created to “honor a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes, and pushes boundaries.”
Ferrera joins a list of SeeHer honorees that includes Viola Davis (2017), Gal Gadot (2018), Claire Foy (2019), Kristen Bell (2020), Zendaya (2021), Halle Berry (2022), and Janelle Monáe (2023).
The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler and will air on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7pm ET/PT on The CW.
The Critics Choice Association provided this description of America Ferrera’s work as an activist:
“A longtime activist, Ferrera launched Poderistas in 2020 alongside 9 other prominent activists, leaders, and business women, including Eva Longoria Bastón and Christy Haubegger. Poderistas is a digital lifestyle community and non-profit built to inform, affirm, and inspire Latinas to leverage their power and transform their lives, their community and their nation. Ferrera is also a prolific speaker, having spoken at major events such as TED, the DNC, and March for Our Lives. She was also opening speaker and chair of the Artists’ Committee for the Women’s March on Washington in 2017.
Her activism has extended on screen in several television documentaries including Not Done: Women Remaking America for PBS, the EPIX TV mini-series America Divided, Showtime’s groundbreaking documentary The Years of Living Dangerously, and Nicholas Kristof’s series for PBS Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
Ferrera also co-founded HARNESS, with her husband Ryan Piers Williams and friend Wilmer Valderrama. HARNESS is a community of artists, influencers and grassroots leaders leveraging art and storytelling to power change and create a more equitable world.”
The Superstore star, director, and executive producer will make her feature film directorial debut with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, based on Erika Sánchez’s bestselling novel.
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