Barbie Ferreira

Barbara "Barbie" Seppe Ferreira (Brazilian Portuguese: [feˈʁejɾɐ]; born December 14, 1996) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Kat Hernandez in the HBO series Euphoria (2019–2022).

Early life

Ferreira was born in East Harlem in New York City. She spent her early years in the New York City borough of Queens and later moved to Maywood, New Jersey. She attended Hackensack High School. Ferreira is of Brazilian descent, and was raised by her mother, aunt and grandmother. Her mother and aunt work as chefs.

Ferreira previously ran a popular Tumblr account under the handle @barbienox.

Career

Modeling

As a teenager, Ferreira began her career by sending her plus-sized modeling photos to an American Apparel open casting call. She has since modeled for brands including Aerie, Adidas, Asos, Forever 21, H&M, Missguided, and Target. Unretouched photos and a video interview from Ferreira's Aerie campaign went viral in 2016. Later that year, Time named her among its 2016 "30 Most Influential Teens" list.

Acting

Ferreira starred in How to Behave, the 10-episode Vice series about etiquette. For this she won a Webby Award for Best Web Personality/Host. She also starred in the Teen Vogue web series Body Party, about body positivity.

In addition, Ferreira played Ella in two episodes of the HBO series Divorce and was among the ensemble stars of the HBO series Euphoria in its first two seasons, playing high-schooler Kat. In August 2022 Ferreira announced she would not return to Euphoria for its third season due to alleged disagreements with series creator Sam Levinson. In a 2023 interview with podcast Armchair Expert, Ferreira countered those alleged rumors, stating that they were pulled out of "thin air." She made her film debut in Unpregnant (2020) opposite Haley Lu Richardson for HBO Max and had a small role in Jordan Peele's Nope (2022).

On August 29, 2022, it was announced that Ferreira would join Ariana DeBose in the upcoming Amazon Prime psychological thriller House of Spoils.