Following her historic Oscar nomination, America Ferrera, best known for her roles in "Ugly Betty" and "How to Train Your Dragon”, is stepping behind the camera to make her feature directorial debut. The project, titled "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter”, is an adaptation of Erika Sánchez's bestselling novel and is currently in development at Amazon MGM's Orion Pictures.
America Ferrera of Barbie will be debuting as a director. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is in progress at Amazon MGM s Orion Pictures with Ferrera steering the same. Ferrera who was born in LA made her feature debut aged 18 years playing the lead role in Real Woman Have Curves which was critically acclaimed.