America Ferrera

In just a few years, America Ferrera has gone from being an unknown struggling actress to America's sweetheart, winning awards and accolades from critics and audiences alike. But there is more to her than her best known role, the title character on television's Ugly Betty. In films such as Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, she has not only redefined the role of Latinas in television and film, she has helped redefine what it means to be beautiful in Hollywood. In a short amount of time, this daughter of Honduran immigrants quickly rose from indie actress to mainstream star without compromising herself or becoming a Hollywood standard.