America Ferrera has taken home her fourth trophy from Imagen Awards. At the 25th annual awards recognizing positive portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture in entertainment, the Betty Suarez of "Ugly Betty" has bested over Selena Gomez and Sofia Vergara among others for the title of Best Actress in Television.
Though she didn't walk home empty handed, the 26-year-old who has once won an Imagen kudo for her role in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" still has to give up hope of pairing her TV trophy with the Best Actress in Movie title. Nominated for each of her role in "Our Family Wedding" and "The Dry Land", she was beaten by Ana de la Reguera of "Backyard" for the latter kudo.
While America won the Best Actress in Television, Danny Pino nabbed the Best Actor title. His "Cold Case" show also grabbed Best TV Series. Meanwhile, Kevin Alejandro of "Southland" and Maria Canals-Barrera of "Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie" won Best Supporting Actor and Actress respectively.
In the movie category, indie film "La Mission" came out as the one which collected the most prizes at a luncheon ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel held on Sunday, August 15. Winning three out of seven kudos given away on the field, the movie scored Best Feature Film as well as pocketed Best Actor for Benjamin Bratt and Best Supporting Actor for Jeremy Ray Valdez.
Other winners included Kenny Ortega and Dominik Garcia-Lorido. Kenny won Best Director for Michael Jackson's documentary "This Is It", while Dominik nailed the Best Supporting Actress for her work in "City Island".