Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara: Biography in Details

Who is Sofía Vergara?

Sofia Vergara is an actress and a model. Additionally, the multi-talented actress is also a TV host, producer, and comedian.

Sofia is playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in a comedy TV series, “Modern Family”.

Additionally, Sofia Vergara is also famous for playing ‘Alicia Oviedo’ in a Latin-tailored version of Desperate Housewives “Amas de Casa Desesperadas”.

Sofía Vergara: Birth, Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Sofía Vergara was born in Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara on July 10, 1972, in Colombia.

Her parents are Margarita Vergara de Vergara (mother) and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo (father).

Her mother was a homemaker and her dad was a cattle rancher in the meat industry. She was nicknamed Toti by her siblings when she was young.

What nationality is Sofia Vergara?

Sofia has dual nationality. She is a Colombian-American citizen. Furthermore, she is of Colombian descent.

Education

As for her education, she attended a University in Colombia for three years of courses in dentistry. But she left it uncompleted to follow her career in show business.

Sofía Vergara: Professional Life, Career

Sofía Vergara initiated her career in show business from an early age. At the age of 17, she was discovered by a photographer and modeled for a Pepsi commercial.

After leaving her college uncompleted, she moved to Miami to pursue a modeling career. Before that, she did some hosting in Colombian shows.

In 1999, she made her TV debut on an episode of “Baywatch”. Afterward, she starred in several TV series and films in minor roles. But she did not give up and kept on waiting for her shot.

In 2005, Sofía Vergara was seen as Lola Hernandez in the TV series, “Hot Properties”. She also appeared in Tyler Perry’s film “Meet the Browns” in 2008 and “Madea Goes to Jail” in 2009.

Furthermore, in 2009, she got her major role in a TV series and joined the cast of “Modern Family”. She has been playing the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in that series till now.

Additionally, she starred in other films like “The Three Stooges”, “Chef”, Hot Pursuit”, “Machete Kills”, “The Emoji Movie”, “The Con is On”, and more.

Similarly, she did some TV series like, “Fuego en la Sangre”, “The Knights of Prosperity” and others.

Net Worth and Salary (2024)

As of Forbes, Sofía Vergara is one of the highest salary earners in Hollywood.

According to Forbes (in 2015), she has an average annual earnings of $28.5 million. But in 2016, she earned more than that i.e.; $43 million.

As of 2024, her net worth is around $180 million. She receives $500 thousand per episode for Modern Family.

Sofia also has her own clothing line and jewelry collection.

Sofía Vergara’s Rumors, Controversy

Talking about the rumors and controversy, Sofia was part of the “Embryo Right” controversial lawsuit. Sofía Vergara got sued by her ex-fiancé, Nicholas for neglecting their fertilized embryo of them.

He sued because she was not letting those 3 embryos get to other surrogates.

Recently, in 2017, she offended lots of people with her inappropriate *** joke that she said at “Golden Globes 2017”.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Moving towards Sofía Vergara’s body measurements, she has a height of 5 Feet 7 inches (1.7 m) and her weight is 64kg.

She has blonde hair and her eyes are Hazel. She has a good body shape of 38-28-39 inches. She is known for her seductive deep voice and strong Colombian accent.

Social Media Profiles

One of the popular actresses, Sofía is active on social networking sites. She has around 14.6 million followers on Facebook and around 9.24 million people like her profile.

She has more than 21.1m followers on Instagram and more than 8.7m followers on Twitter. This actress also has her own website.

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