Read previewSofia Vergara, 51, says that her accent hinders her ability to play certain roles onscreen.
"I did 11 years on 'Modern Family,' but it was almost playing myself in a way," Vergara said.
"And when I decide to do something different, it's hard because this accent is beautiful, but it's like, I cannot be a scientist, I cannot be an astronaut."
To tackle accent bias, three Stanford students even founded a real-time accent translation startup that can convert people's voices into different accents while speaking.
A representative for Vergara did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.
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