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She seems so sweet, doesn’t she? So open-hearted, so fresh-faced, so butter- wouldn’t-melt?
Anyone who has seen US comedy soap Ugly Betty on TV2 will know what I’m talking about. You look at actress America Ferrera, who plays Betty, and you think: that girl’s not acting! She is that person. As soon as the camera zooms
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"From the time (executive producer) Salma Hayek came and pitched this character to me, I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that this was going to be a story that really resounded with people and might even help change what faces and bodies on television looked like," she says quietly. |
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America Ferrara was so sad about filming the finale of the first season of Ugly Betty, she burst into tears.
Ferrera’s on-screen boss Eric Mabius - who plays Daniel Meade, the womanising editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Mode - admits the cast are so close, the show’s leading lady couldn’t bear the
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LOS ANGELES — America Ferrera hesitates at the door of the studio commissary, peering inside. The cafe is invitingly cool, but dark. She retreats instead to a patio table in the bright afternoon sunshine.
Of course. Why should a young actress basking in the glow of freshman TV hit "Ugly Betty” settle for
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She found such a project in ABC's "Ugly Betty.” Based on a Colombian telenovela that has been successfully adapted worldwide, the comedy-drama centers on a dowdy young Latina with a blazing spirit who intends to make her mark on the world. |
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The manic delights of "Ugly Betty" ended in a high-speed cliffhanger Thursday night with Daniel and Alexis careening in a car with no brakes, Claire Meade busting out of jail, Amanda discovering that she might be Fey Sommers’ daughter, and Betty chasing down Henry just as Charlie spirited him away to Tucson by telling him she was pregnant. As usual,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pilot episode of "Ugly Betty'’ won top honors for comedy television series at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
Director Richard Shepard accepted the award for the TV show, which stars America Ferrera as an awkward, overweight woman working at a fashion magazine. The show is based on the popular Colombian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty La Fea.'’
Other TV winners included Rob Marshall, director of "Chicago,'’ for musical va
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