‘Ugly Betty’ Cast Reunites & Looks Back on Series, 20 Years Later

‘When we’re all together, it literally feels like zero time is has passed,’ America Ferrera said. It’s been 20 years since the premiere of ABC’s Ugly Betty, the comedy/drama about a smart, earnest, braces-wearing, Mexican American young woman from Queens, Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), who gets a job at a snobby fashion magazine, Mode.