Today is actress Ashley Jensen’s birthday!  She is 41.
Jensen may be best known as the seamstress Christina McKinney on Ugly Betty (also, Betty’s best friend at Mode), but since leaving the show at the end of season 3 (at least as a regular character), Jensen has been working on the new Jenna Elfman sitcom Accidentally On Purpose.
Jensen plays Elman’s successful sidekick Olivia on Accidentally, and they are not writing Ashley’s real-life pregnancy into the script.
Recently, Ashley spoke to EW’s Watch With Kristin, and was very open to the possibility of a return to Ugly Betty.  "There has been talk …read more

Today is Michael Urie’s birthday.  The Ugly Betty star is 29.  And there can be no doubt, he’s having quite a year!
Along with working on filming Ugly Betty’s fourth season, Michael has been very busy with the hit off-Broadway play The Tempermentals.  If you are in New York, it looks like the show to see.  Many New York bigwigs and entertainment royalty have already come to see it.  If you are on Twitter, you can follow updates from the show (including notables in the audience at the show’s Twitter page.
On Ugly Betty, Urie really came into his own in …read more

Tomorrow is Becki Newton’s birthday – born on the fourth of July!  The Ugly Betty star turns 31.
She gets a fireworks show every year on her birthday, that’s got to be awesome.  To have the figure she does, she probably doesn’t pig out on BBQ every year, though. 
Newton was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Guilford, Connecticut.  She graduated with a BA in European History from the University of Pennsylvania.  (I had forgotten this – I would imagine it would make her recent trip to the UK more meaningful).
On Ugly Betty, Newton has played Amanda …read more

Wow – April is Ugly Betty cast member birth month!  Today is the birthday of Eric Mabius (38); this is the third Ugly Betty cast birthday in a week (America Ferrera and Tony Plana were over the weekend).  No word on if he attended the combination Ferrera birthday party/Ugly Betty season 3 wrap party, but if not, it’s understandable.
The man is a family man.
Mabius told People, about having two very small children, "We (he and wife Ivy Sherman) take turns sleeping.  Some nights we get sleep, most nights we don’t."
His life may seem boring to TMZ and Perez …read more

Ugly Betty patriarch Tony Plana celebrated a birthday yesterday (I wonder if he and America Ferrera, whose birthday is April 18th,  have a mutual celebration each year?).
Plana was born in Havana, Cuba in 1953.  In 1963, his family moved to Miami. He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and was trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, UK. He has been married to actress Ada Maris since 1988 and they have two children.
Plana has been an outspoken advocate/spokesperson for Latinos in the entertainment field.
I will say this, and I’m pretty sure that many …read more

Today, Ugly Betty star America Ferrera turns 25!  Ahh, to be young and famous in New York!
She shares April 18th as a birthday with James Woods, Conan O’Brien, Melissa Joan Hart, and even Kourtney Kardashian.
I hope she takes it easy with partner Ryan Piers Williams, or parties it up with Becki Newton, or does whatever she wants today.  And hopefully, she’ll get back to filming the final episodes of Ugly Betty season 3 very soon.  I miss the NY set photos!
As many of you have noted in the comments here, this has been a very confusing year for Ferrera’s …read more

Oops, I did it again.  Yesterday was Vanessa Williams’ birthday, and I didn’t post about it yesterday.   And quite a few of you  let me know about it.  If you are really interested in the boring specifics of why, read to the end of this post.*
Vanessa is, besides America Ferrera herself, the most important cog in the Ugly Betty ensemble cast.  She represents The Old Guard, and vanity, and blind ambition.  Plus, demo-wise, she is the main cast member of the generation between Judith Light and Eric Mabius.  (One of the reasons I love Vanessa; I am …read more

We’d like to wish a happy birthday to Judith Light of Ugly Betty. Judith is one of our favorite actors, whether in Ugly Betty or in other projects. Today happens to be one of those cool “rounded” birthdays, as well. I hope she doesn’t mind if I tell you that today is Judith’s 60th birthday!
Light has, since her first appearance in season 1, brought a certain “seasoning” to the show. Where Tony Plana has been a grounding force, Light has added the other end of the spectrum. Her character Claire is world-weary, with a touch …read more

Today is the birthday of Ugly Betty’s Vanessa Williams. She makes no bones about it, so I can tell you she’s 45. I think she looks pretty darned good for 45.
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I sometimes wonder what she’d look like without the botox treatments she readily admits she takes. I think she’d still be beautiful, but she feels the need, and it is Hollywood, so botox Vanessa is what we get. Personally, I think it helps her character Wilhelmina really come to life.
Vanessa, have a glorious birthday – then …read more