America Ferrera and Ryan Piers Williams.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
America Ferreraand husbandRyan Piers Williamsbrought their real-life marriage to Barbie Land.
The actress, 39, stars as the human Gloria inBarbie, an employee of Mattel and mom to teen Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt) who helps Margot Robbie’s Stereotypical Barbie learn what it’s like to be a woman in the real world.
Earlier this month, Ferrera posted a photo of herself smiling alongside Williams at the European premiere ofBarbiein London,writingin the caption, “My favorite & forever Ken, you cute.”
He also shared a photo from the event,addingin the caption, “I can’t wait for you all to see America in this film!”
Ryan Piers Williams and America Ferrera.Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/WireImage
Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/WireImage
After dating for five years, Ferrera and Williams got engaged in June 2010. A year later, the pair got married in June 2011 in Chappaqua, New York, at the home of herUgly BettycostarVanessa Williams.
According toThe Cut,Barbiedirector Greta Gerwig wrote the part of Gloria after being a fan ofUgly Bettyfor years. (Gerwig co-wrote the script with her own real-life partner Noah Baumbach.)
Ferrera and Williams share son Sebastian Piers, 5, and daughter Lucia Marisol, 3.
In October, Ferrera told PEOPLEher kids had no clue mom and dad were starringin the blockbusterBarbie— which brokebox office records over its opening weekend.
“They don’t really have any context for it,” she said at the time. “So one day [they might care]. But not now, they’re still too young.”
America Ferrera.Don Arnold/WireImage
Don Arnold/WireImage
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She and Williams recently posted photos of themselves protesting together amid the ongoing Hollywood writers and actors strikes.
“New York is a union town,” shewrotein one Instagram upload, smiling alongside Williams andBarbiecostar Ana Cruz Kayne as they held “SAG-AFTRA on Strike” signs. Williams said in hispost, “The energy was on fire today on the picket line in NYC! Proud to be in the fight for better contracts for my fellow SAG and WGA members!”
Barbieis in theaters now.
source: people.com
