While many of the women in Barbie play different versions of the toy, Ferrera actually plays one of the film’s real-world humans, just like Ariana Greenblatt, Will Ferrell, Connor Swindells, and Jamie Demetriou. In fact, Ferrera’s character is employed at Mattel.
The cast is rounded out by Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, and Dua Lipa.
Barbie is currently in theaters.