Joining Barbie has proven to be one of the best career decisions America Ferrera could've ever made. After her spectacular performance in the Warner Bros. film, she has received considerable praise, and she was most recently nominated for Best Supporting Actress among the 2024 Oscar nominees. In the aftermath of that news, Ferrera shared that one of the most wholesome reactions to the nod that she's received came from her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants crew. And, quite frankly, you have to love this kind of support.
America Ferrera is basically the queen of emotional monologues. After seeing the ones she performed in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Real Women Have Curves, I always felt she was bound to get recognized by the Academy one of these days. Luckily, her outstanding performance as Gloria in Barbie did just that, as it landed her her first Oscar nomination. Ferrera shared with Variety that her fellow Sisterhood alums quickly reached out after it happened, and her recollection of it is so sweet:
