America Ferrera is an American actress, producer, and director, who is known for her leading role as Betty Suarez on Ugly Betty, a 2006 American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta.
What happened to America Ferrera?
On May 17, 2013, ABC announced that Ferrera was cast in a limited-run telenovela titled Pedro & Maria.
The series had been in development at MTV since 2010 with Ferrera working as a director on the project, which would have interactive participation online content from viewers.
ABC later decided not to move forward with the series.
On March 16, 2015, Ferrera was added to the cast of the upcoming NBC sitcom Superstore, portraying Amy, a 10-year veteran floor supervisor at a superstore named Cloud 9.
After NBC had initially announced a sixth season of the series, the network revealed on February 28, 2020, that Ferrera would be departing the series at the end of the fifth season citing new projects and spending time with family.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Superstore’s fifth season with one episode left to film, her departure was delayed into season 6 to give her character’s arc a proper closure.
On March 10, 2021, NBC announced that Ferrera would return for the show’s one-hour series finale.