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"When True Blood returns for its fourth season Sunday, viewers will notice the town of Bon Temps, La., has had a healthy population increase in the time since season three wrapped.\r\nAlong with the new vampires and shapeshifters who&amp;apos;ll interact with Sookie and Bill, there is a new group of witches, one of whom is the Spanish-speaking Antonia, played by Paola Turbay. Before she makes her first big splash on the HBO hit, Us Weekly uncovers five need-to-know details about the 41-year-old Colombian-American actress.\r\n\r\n1. She&amp;apos;s already well prepared for her close-up. Representing Bogota in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant, Turbay took that title in 1991 and went on to finish as the first runner-up in the 1992 Miss Universe pageant. In the years since, Turbay has appeared in a series of telenovelas and even hosted Colombia&amp;apos;s version of Dancing With the Stars before making her U.S. TV debut on CBS&amp;apos; Cane.\r\n2. Turbay has quickly learned the art of keeping True Blood spoilers under wraps. &amp;quot;You know what, I can&amp;apos;t say anything!&amp;quot; the actress told WetPaint.com of her character, who will first appear in episode two. &amp;quot;The only thing I can say is that she&amp;apos;s a witch from the 17th century, so she&amp;apos;s around creating terrible situations. Her presence is really going to put the show on fire.&amp;quot;\r\nNEWS: More True Blood photos and scoop on the new season\r\n3. The actress doesn&amp;apos;t just play a mom on TV in ABC Family&amp;apos;s The Secret Life of the American Teenager -- it&amp;apos;s a role she assumes at home, too. Married to Alejandro Estrada since 1994, Turbay has two children: a daughter, Sofia, and a son, Emilio. &amp;quot;It is a rule at home that everyone speaks Spanish,&amp;quot; the actress has said of her family life with Estrada and the kids. &amp;quot;And at night, we always have dinner together and talk about our day.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n4. If the brunette beauty looks familiar, chances are its because you&amp;apos;ve seen her face on TV hawking products like Colgate toothpaste, Pepsi, Gillette, Maybelline and many others.\r\n5. Turbay&amp;apos;s stint on True Blood has been a long time coming. In fact, the actress auditioned for the first time two seasons ago to appear as a vampire who&amp;apos;d interact with Alexander Skarsgard&amp;apos;s Eric. When the timing didn&amp;apos;t work out and the part was given to another actress. the star thought her luck had run out. &amp;quot;I was like, &amp;apos;Oh my God, it was my lucky day&amp;#x2026;it would have been amazing! It&amp;apos;s not going to happen again!&amp;apos; she told WetPaint.com. &amp;quot;But it did, they called me [a second time]. I went in the next day to read for [creator] Alan Ball and the casting director, and three hours later it was mine.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTrue Blood&amp;apos;s fourth season premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. (EST) on HBO.\r\nBy Allison Corneau for Us Weekly. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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