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America Ferrera is an award-winning actress, producer, director, and activist. Ferrera is best known for her breakthrough role as Betty Suarez on ABC’s hit comedy Ugly Betty, for which she won Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, ALMA, and Imagen Awards. She produces and stars in the acclaimed NBC workplace comedy Superstore, currently in its fourth season. In 2016 Ferrera cofounded Harness, an organization connecting storytellers and activists to amplify the cultural narrative around social justice. She speaks throughout the country as an advocate for human and civil rights and was the opening speaker at the monumental Women’s March on Washington in January 2017. Ferrera resides in New York and Los Angeles with her husband, Ryan; their son, Sebastian; and their two golden retrievers.