America Ferrera

America Ferrera
Birth Date: April 18, 1984
Birth Place: Los Angeles, Calif.

Ugly has never been this beautiful! As bushy-browed brace face Betty Suarez on ABC's Ugly Betty, America Ferrera charmed audiences, made the endearingly hilarious series a must-see hit, and turned herself into a Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy Award-winning star.

The sixth and youngest child of Honduran immigrants, Ferrera got her big break in HBO's Sundance darling, Real Women Have Curves, at age 16. Her breakthrough performance helped her land the teen girlfriend hit The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants before her Betty fame.

Ferrera, who has been with live-in boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams for the last four years, was saluted by Congress for providing a role model for young Latinas, while landing on PEOPLE's Most Beautiful and Time's Most Influential lists.