America Ferrera

America Ferrera was born on April 18, 1984, in Los Angeles, Calif. The daughter of Honduran immigrants, she started acting in community theaters and school plays at the age of eight. Her film debut was in "Real Women Have Curves," where she won best actress at the Sundance Film Festival. America is also known for her role of Carmen in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." She attended the University of Southern California.Few aspiring actresses could ever hope to experience the early career success of Ugly Betty starlet America Ferrera. In the scant four years after earning a Sundance Jury Award, an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and a Young Artist Award nomination for her role as a first-generation Mexican-American girl teetering on the cusp of womanhood for Real Women Have Curves, the hardworking actress rose quickly through the ranks to become one of television's brightest young stars. She also stared in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its sequal Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno is a singer, a dancer, and an actress. She is the first and only female Hispanic and one of nine performers who have won an Emmy,a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony and at the time the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award. She has, in fact, been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for this achievement.Ms. Moreno was born Rosa Dolores Alverio in Humacao, a small town near the famous rain forest of Puerto Rico. At five years old, she and her mother moved to New York and the following year she started dancing lessons. At age 13, she had her Broadway debut in Skydrift which starred Eli Wallach. Then, in the true tradition of Hollywood, a talent scout arranged a meeting for 17 year old Miss Moreno with Louis B. Mayer and she was signed for a contract with MGM. She was Dona Dolores in Scooby-Doo and the Monsters of Mexico. She was in 67 movies, T.V. shows, and much more

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