America Ferrera

America Georgine Ferrera is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Betty Suarez on the American Broadcasting Companys comedydrama television series Ugly Betty . Her acting garnered critical acclaim, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Television Series Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, Amrica Griselda Ayes and Carlos Gregorio Ferrera, were originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and immigrated to the United States in the mid1970s. Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for one of the Hilton Hotels, and stressed the importance of higher education. When she was 7, her parents divorced and her father returned to Honduras. Ferreras father died in 2010.

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