America Ferrera as Ana Garcia in Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American movie starring America Ferrera. Produced by HBO and directed by Patricia Cardoso, it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in addition to Special Jury Prizes for both Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros. The independent film earned in excess of five million dollars and brought the previously-unknown Ferrara to the public's attention. Image File history File links AmericaFerrara2. ... America Ferrera (born America Georgine Ferrera April 18, 1984) is an Honduran-American actress who currently stars in the ABC dramedy series, Ugly Betty. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... America Ferrera (born America Georgine Ferrera April 18, 1984) is an Honduran-American actress who currently stars in the ABC dramedy series, Ugly Betty. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ... Lupe Ontiveros is a Mexican-American actress born Lupe Moreno on September 17, 1942, in El Paso, Texas. ...

The coming-of-age plot revolves around Ana Garcia, a Mexican-American teenager living in an East Los Angeles barrio. While attending Beverly Hills High School, where she is an accomplished student, she works in near-sweatshop conditions in her sister's dress factory alongside her mother (Ontiveros), who considers this to be her younger daughter's vacation. But Ana, encouraged by her teacher (George Lopez), has dreams of attending Columbia. Before achieving her goal, she must try to balance her mother's traditional view of women with her own contemporary ideas while dealing with self-image issues and exploring a new romantic relationship. Coming of age is a young persons formal transition from adolescence to adulthood. ... now. ... Welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L.A.) is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States that is bounded by the city of Los Angeles to the west and north, the cities of Montebello and Monterey Park to the east... Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district. ... Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as Beverly or rarely as BHHS) is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. ... A sweatshop is a factory or place of harsh labor. ... George Lopez (born April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian, actor, and star of the ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show. ...

External links

• Real Women Have Curves at the Internet Movie Database
• Real Women Have Curves at Rotten Tomatoes
• Real Women Have Curves at Metacritic
• Real Women Have Curves at Box Office Mojo

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