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Her father worked loading beer onto boxcars, and her mother was a medical secretary.
She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos.
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She has German, English, and Irish ancestry.
Actress SofÃa Margarita Vergara Vergara was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia.