Aug 13, 2007, 13:00 GMT
'Ugly Betty' star America Ferrera is moving in with her long-term boyfriend.
America Ferrera arrives for the 22nd Annual Imagen Awards at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California USA on 28 July 2007. EPA/JOSHUA GATES WEISBERG
The Emmy-nominated actress and film director Ryan Piers Williams have been househunting together.
A source said: "They're excited about it. All that matters to them is that they are together and that they find somewhere private. They aren't one of those flashy couples."
America, 23, and Ryan, 26, are rumoured to be looking at homes in the Hollywood hills.
The couple first met at the University of Southern California when Ryan - who now owns his own production company, Down by the River Productions - cast America in his student film. The pair - who have denied rumours they are engaged - share a golden retriever called Buddy.
Golden Globe winner America has previously claimed she was a real-life Ugly Betty when she first tried to make it in Hollywood.
She said: "I didn't know how fat and ugly I was until I started going to auditions. I don't feel that way inside.
"To me, it seems like the roles that mean something, the roles that really delve in and make you feel connected are the ones that are flawed and nobody else wants to play."
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