Before ‘Barbie,’ America Ferrera Was a Fashion Outsider in ‘Ugly Betty’

America Ferrera has recently joined Barbieland as Gloria, a Mattel employee that helps Margot Robbie’s Barbie when entering the real world.

Ferrera is a household name on both the small and big screens, with her more recent TV roles — Amy Sosa in Superstore and Elishia Kennedy in WeCrashed — being lauded by the audience.

Nevertheless, her first starring role remains the highlight of her TV career — the titular Betty Suarez in 2006’s Ugly Betty, an American adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea.

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