America Ferrara recalled bursting into tears after meeting Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time. 

The 39-year-old "Barbie" actress, who is among the nominees at the upcoming Academy Awards, noted that becoming starstruck by other celebrities can "sneak up on you" during a Friday appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

"More often than not, it's like someone you had a childhood connection to, right?" Ferrara said. "So it's always very embarrassing."

Ferrara went on to recount meeting her teenage crush DiCaprio, now 49, after she won the best female actor in a comedy series award for her performance in "Ugly Betty" at the 2007 SAG Awards.

"I watched Titanic in the movie theaters seven times," she recalled. "[I was] 13, 14 [years old], prime time to be in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, right?"