Daphne Zuniga - Early Life

Early Life

Zuniga was born in Berkeley, California. Her father, Joaquin Zuniga, originally from Guatemala, is an emeritus professor of philosophy at California State University, East Bay. Her mother is a Unitarian minister, of Polish and Finnish descent. Zuniga became interested in acting in high school, performing in a variety of school plays. In her early teens she attended the Young Conservatory program of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) of San Francisco. After her parents divorced, Zuniga moved with her mother and sister from Berkeley to Reading, Vermont. She graduated from Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock, Vermont, in 1980. After high school she studied Theater Arts at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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