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<B>BB: Before Betty</B>

America Ferrera: Life in pictures

( Matt Sayles / AP )

BB: Before Betty

Sure, we know her as an Emmy Award-winning actress, but before Ugly Betty, America Ferrera was just a regular high school student, acting in school plays and community theater.

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