America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and for her Golden Globe-winning role as the title character of the ABC comedy/drama series Ugly Betty.

Ferrera was born in Los Angeles, California to Honduran parents and was raised by her mother in Woodland Hills, California. She is the youngest of six siblings. She started acting at age eight in school plays and community theater. She attended high school at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills. Ferrera attends the University of Southern California, where she is double-majoring in Theater and International Relations.

In 2002, she made her film debut in Real Women Have Curves. Ferrera followed this with roles in both television (Touched by an Angel) and film (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Lords of Dogtown). Ferrera received a 2005 Movieline Breakthrough Award.

In December 2005, she appeared in the off-Broadway play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, directed by Trip Cullman. In 2006, she landed the lead role in Ugly Betty, an adaptation of the Colombian hit telenovela Betty La Fea, in which she portrays a girl that her peers find extremely unattractive, thus the series title. As Betty Suarez, Ferrera wears fake braces on her teeth, bushy eyebrows and a disheveled wig, and make-up and clothing intended to downplay her own good looks.

According to Ugly Betty hair department head Roddy Stayton, "She's a gorgeous girl with an incredible style sensibility in her personal life. What we do is Bettify her in the morning. It's in contrast to the rest of the show, where everybody else is glammed up", adding that it was Ferrera herself who coined the term "Bettification" to describe the process.[1]

For her role in Ugly Betty, Ferrera won the 2007 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. Other nominees were: Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Mary-Louise Parker. As a result of the award, she was congratulated by the US House of Representatives in being a role model for young Latinas. [2]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Ferrera

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Actress - filmography
(In Production) (2000s)

1. Hacia la oscuridad (2007) (post-production) .... Luiza
... aka Towards Darkness (USA)
2. Misma luna, La (2007) (completed) .... Marta

3. "Ugly Betty" .... Betty Suarez (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
- In or Out (2007) TV Episode .... Betty Suarez
- Sofia's Choice (2007) TV Episode .... Betty Suarez
- Swag (2006) TV Episode .... Betty Suarez
- Fake Plastic Snow (2006) TV Episode .... Betty Suarez
- Lose the Boss? (2006) TV Episode .... Betty Suarez
(8 more)
4. Steel City (2006) .... Amy Barnes
5. 3:52 (2005) .... Kate
6. Lords of Dogtown (2005) .... Thunder Monkey
... aka American Knights (Philippines: English title)
... aka Dogtown Boys (Germany)
7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) .... Carmen
... aka The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Australia)
8. How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)
9. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... April Lopez (1 episode, 2004)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (USA: syndication title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Experts, Les (Canada: French title)
- Harvest (2004) TV Episode .... April Lopez
10. Plainsong (2004) (TV) .... Victoria Roubideaux
11. Darkness Minus Twelve (2004) .... Luiza
12. $5.15/Hr. (2004) (TV)
13. "Touched by an Angel" .... Charlee (1 episode, 2002)
- The Word (2002) TV Episode .... Charlee
14. Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) (TV) .... Yolanda
15. Real Women Have Curves (2002) .... Ana Garcia

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