
10 Accents That Got Hollywood Talking
By Lee Hernandez | 11/30/2011 - 15:12 | 0 Comments
The latest issue of Details Magazine features a scantily-clad Sofia Vergara as this year's "sexiest—and funniest—woman on television.” The Emmy-nominated star of ABC's hit comedy Modern Family, credits her strong Colombian accent with making her a household name in Hollywood. "Accents are funny," Vergara said. "It sets me apart from the other girls doing comedy. It gives me more—how do you say?—pop-oo-laaarrrity." We couldn’t agree more! Here are 10 Latin stars whose unique accents got Hollywood talking!
Sofia Vergara, 39
Sofia Vergara has now been nominated for two primetime Emmy awards for her role as Colombian wife and mother Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on ABC's hit comedy, Modern Family. Vergara plays a woman married to a much older man (Ed O'Neill), who often mispronounces English words due to her thick accent. For example, Gloria says "old-tomato" instead of "ultimatum," "hair-rings" instead of "earrings," and "coal digger" instead of "gold digger." In the scene below, Gloria's family is poking fun of the way she mispronounces words, and at first Gloria is OK with it, but suddenly, she flips out to great comedic effect!
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