📄 Television
Ugly Betty
Be yourself. No one can tell you who to be.
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["Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress Comedy (America Ferrera)","Golden Globe Best Actress Comedy (America Ferrera)","SAG Award Outstanding Female Actor Comedy (America Ferrera)"]
About
Ugly Betty (2006-2010) is the ABC comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera as Betty Suarez — a young Mexican-American woman working at Mode, a New York fashion magazine. Executive produced by Salma Hayek, Ferrera won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award for Best Actress — the first Latina to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Credits & Contributors (2)
Cast & Performance
Production
Cast & Performance
America Ferrera's breakthrough role — winning the Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award, making her the first Latina to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy.
Production
Salma Hayek executive produced Ugly Betty — acquiring the rights to Betty la Fea and shepherding it to ABC as a vehicle for Latina representation in primetime television.