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America Ferrera Ties The Knot!

Just call her “Betty” the bride!

Former “Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera tied the knot on Monday, Access Hollywood has confirmed!

America Ferrera, Jerry Stiller To Guest Star On ‘Good Wife’; CBS Renews ‘Big Bang’ For 3 More Seasons

America Ferrera is going from “Ugly” to “Good.”

A rep for CBS confirmed that the former “Ugly Betty” star will join the cast of “The Good Wife” as a guest star, playing Natalie, a graduate student, set to shakeup campaign manager Eli’s (played by Alan Cumming) romantic life.

America Ferrera Is Engaged

America Ferrara is engaged!

A rep for the former “Ugly Betty” star confirmed to Access Hollywood that the actress is now engaged to marry her longtime boyfriend, filmmaker Ryan Piers Williams.

America Ferrera Developing TV & Web Telenovela Based On ‘Romeo & Juliet’

“Ugly Betty” will soon be over for its star, America Ferrera, but she’s got a new project in the works from behind the scenes.

Ferrera will serve as executive producer of “Pedro & Maria,” a multicultural, interactive telenovela in development for MTV television and various Web platforms. The project was announced Monday by MTV and Electus, the multimedia studio created by the prolific producer and former NBC executive Ben Silverman.

America Ferrera On The End Of ‘Ugly Betty’

“Ugly Betty” is wrapping up its run at the end of its current season after a cancellation announcement from ABC earlier this year, but not without Betty Suarez getting her famous braces off, series star America Ferrera told Access Hollywood.

America Ferrera Producing & Starring In ‘The Dry Land’

“Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera is hoping her new film will inspire Americans to address the struggles soldiers face after they come home from Iraq or Afghanistan.

The 25-year-old is starring and producing “The Dry Land,” which follows a young man’s difficulties readapting to small town life following a tour of duty.

America Ferrera: ‘Shows Like ‘Gossip Girl’ Kind Of Condition Us To Be Mean’

America Ferrera plays a plucky 24-year old do-gooder on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” and it appears she has quite a lot in common with her on-screen character, Betty Suarez.

In a new interview with Seventeen magazine’s October issue, America stood up for positivity, saying she believes there are a host of television programs that do more harm than good.

America Ferrera, ‘Ugly Betty’ Win ALMA Awards

“Ugly Betty” and its star, America Ferrera, took top honors Sunday at the 2008 ALMA Awards, which recognize achievements by Hispanic artists.

America Ferrera Named Hispanic Woman Of The Year

He said the 23-year-old actress is “dedicated to advancing the position of Hispanics in television and film.”

America Ferrera On Her Historic Emmy Win: ‘It’s A Lot To Take In’

“I did, yeah,” she confirmed to Access. “It was a role that was written for a very standard, white skin, blond hair, blue-eyed American and it was a role that I wanted the opportunity to at least fail . . . so I just did something that was a little silly and would have never worked.

America Ferrera Reveals Her Ugliest Audition

“For a while, [getting the role] was a possibility and then it was, like, ‘Well, listen, the producers don’t want — they’re looking for someone who’s blond and who has, you know, lighter skin.’ And basically that was it. I didn’t even get to fail on my own. It was the first time I felt really angry. And so I went out and bleached my hair! I was 17, and it was the first time I’d done something out of anger. I bleached my hair and put on lily-white powder makeup-whiteface, I guess.”

America Ferrera Excited To Rejoin Her ‘Sisterhood’

But before the girl with television’s favorite smile heads off to shoot ‘Sisterhood 2,’ she’s using that famous smile to do some good — as the face of the Aquafresh “Smiles for Success” campaign.