Calling from Los Angeles, Vergara, 37, opened up about how she got acquainted with her onscreen husband Ed O'Neill, her near career as a dentist and her own real life family.
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Here are five fun facts about the Modern Family scene stealer:
1. That accent is real!
Sure, it may seem specific to her character Gloria's outsized personality but Vergara says her accent is the real deal. "I go out to a mall or restaurant and when somebody hears me they'll go, 'Oh my God, it's your real accent,'" she says.
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"I tell them, 'Yeah, I guess I'm not that good an actress!'" Still, she admits, her comedic instincts may, at times, cause her to emphasize certain pronunciations. "I do make the accent a little stronger," she says. "I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away."
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2. She was a teenage mom.
On Modern Family, Vergara's character has a young son named Manny – and in real life, the actress has a 18-year-old son named Manolo, who's a senior in high school. "I always tried to do the best for my kid," Vergara says.
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"I was 19 when I had him!" As a young mother, the actress says she's "never been alone," so she's not exactly thrilled that her son will be headed off to college next year. "I joke that I want him to fail this year so he can stay home another year," she says. "He looks at me like, 'You're a freak.' "
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