America Ferrera visits troops in Iraq

America Ferrera has travelled to Iraq as part of a morale-boosting trip for US soldiers serving in Iraq.

The Ugly Betty star, 26, made the journey with her fiancé Ryan Piers Williams. She reportedly signed autographs and posed for photographs with the troops.

She told WENN: "It was a really incredible experience especially having spent a couple of years working on The Dry Land.

"So then going to Iraq and meeting these soldiers and knowing in the back of our minds what struggles lie ahead for them coming home. Having those conversations with them, a lot of them were open to talk to us about their time there.

"It was really interesting to be welcomed by them. We were very well received and they were grateful for the distraction and [it was] kind of a little bit of homecoming to them. We were just grateful to have that experience and be in an environment and gain a lot of perspective that most people will never have."