America Ferrera's most recent role on the silver screen has her starring in her fiance's film 'The Dry Land'. The film is a telling portrayal of the effects of war which serves as a sharp contrast for fans of America Ferrera, who know her most for her work in the television comedy series Ugly Betty.Yahoo News has more information about her new role, including the following excerpt:"After four years playing an exuberant young office worker on TV comedy "Ugly Betty," actress America Ferrera is all grown up and taking a decidedly more serious turn in a movie she worked tirelessly to make. The actress, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe award for her portrayal of the fashion-challenged, brace-wearing Betty, is starring in independent film drama "The Dry Land," which opens in major U.S. cities on Friday and was written and directed by her fiancee Ryan Piers Williams."I feel like it's a new chapter in my career," Ferrera told Reuters. "This is my first role as a woman dealing with really grown up issues." The movie has earned mostly positive early reviews and scored a 63 percent positive rating among a group of eight critics polled by movie website rottentomatoes.com. Ferrera portrays the wife of a soldier (Ryan O'Nan) who has returned to his Texas home from the war in Iraq and is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder."About America FerreraAmerica Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She played the lead role in the television series Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. She also starred in the movies Real Women Have Curves, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, its sequel Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and The Dry Land. Ferrera, the youngest of six children, was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents who immigrated to the United States from Honduras in the mid-1970s. Her mother worked as a housecleaning staff director for a hotel. Her mother raised Ferrera and her siblings, always stressing the importance of higher education.
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