Sofía Vergara

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vergara and the second or maternal family name is Vergara.
Sofía Vergara
Vergara attends the Yahoo News/ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' dinner reception, May 2014
Vergara in May 2014
Born Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara
(1972-07-10) July 10, 1972 (age 51)[1]
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Citizenship American
Occupation Actress, comedian, model, television host and producer
Years active 1995–present
Spouse(s) Joe Gonzalez (m. 1991–93)
Joe Manganiello (m. 2015)
Children 1
Website www.sofiavergara.com

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (Spanish pronunciation: [soˈfi.a βerˈɣaɾa]; born July 10, 1972)[2] is a Colombian-born American actress, comedian, producer, television host, model and businesswoman.

Vergara was widely known for co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univisión in the late 1990s. Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi (2003). Subsequently, she appeared in other films, including Four Brothers (2005) and two Tyler Perry films—Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter. Vergara's success on television has earned her roles in recent films The Smurfs (2011), New Year's Eve (2011), Happy Feet Two (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), Machete Kills (2013), Chef (2014), and Hot Pursuit (2015). In 2012 and 2013, she was the top-earning actress on US television.[3]

Vergara stars on the ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014, she was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[4]

Early life

Vergara was born to a Roman Catholic family[5] in Barranquilla, Colombia,[6] to Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, a homemaker, and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, a cattle producer for the meat industry.[7][8][9] She was called the nickname Toti[10] by her five brothers and sisters and many cousins.

Vergara initially studied dentistry at a university in Colombia, but left two semesters away from her degree to pursue opportunities in modeling and show business.[7][11] She subsequently moved to Miami, leaving behind unrest in Colombia, where her older brother[12] Rafael[6] was murdered in 1998[10] during an attempt to kidnap him.[7] Her cousin and adopted sister, Sandra, is also a television actress in the United States.[13][14]

Career

Vergara was discovered by a photographer while walking on a Colombian beach and was quickly presented with offers of modeling and television work.[15] Vergara was "apprehensive about doing her first television commercial—until her Catholic schoolteachers gave her their personal permission to take the assignment."[16] Vergara made her first appearance, at the age of 17, in a Pepsi commercial which was widely broadcast in Latin America.[17]

Vergara in February 2011

At age 20, Vergara moved to Bogotá, Colombia where she worked as a runway model and television actress.[18] From 1995 to 1998, she was co-host with Fernando Fiore of Fuera de serie ("Out of the Ordinary" or "Over-the-Top"), a travel series in which she visited exotic places around the world. It was telecast on the international Univisión Spanish television network and made her a star in the Latin American market. It also gave Vergara television exposure in the United States via the Univisión stations. She co-hosted the Univisión show, A que no te atreves ("I Dare You") and appeared as a guest star in the season-four opening of the HBO series Entourage. She was photographed for posters and swimsuit calendars in 1998, 2000 and 2002.

Vergara at the 70th Golden Globe Awards (2013)

Vergara was under an exclusive television contract with Univisión for several years and, after it expired, she accepted a role with the ABC network in the United States. Vergara appeared on the ABC situation comedies Hot Properties and The Knights of Prosperity.

Beginning in 2007, Vergara played Alicia Oviedo in the television series Amas de Casa Desesperadas, the Colombian version of Desperate Housewives. Her character is essentially the Colombian counterpart to the character Mary Alice Young in the American series. She also appeared on the ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money as Jeremy Darling's love interest. Vergara has also made many guest appearances in the Mexican telenovela, Fuego en la sangre. In 2008, Vergara was ranked 62 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list. In 2009, she played "Mama" Morton in the Broadway revival of Chicago for five weeks and began her current role on Modern Family.

In 2011, Vergara was supposed to star in The Paperboy, an independent drama directed by Lee Daniels. When shooting was delayed for a week and conflicted with her Season 3 shooting schedule on Modern Family, she was forced to drop out.[19]

In July 2011, she finished filming the Farrelly brothers' The Three Stooges, which The Daily Beast described as her first major leading role in a film. Vergara has stated, "I play a mean woman that tries to manipulate the Three Stooges into killing her husband so that she gets all the money."[20]

In April 2012, she appeared in her son Manolo's YouTube web series Vida con Toty.[21] Vergara was the highest-earning woman in U.S. television, earning $19 million for the previous 12 months on a list released by Forbes.com on July 18, 2012.[22][23] Vergara was named one of People magazine's "50 most beautiful people" and has been recognized by the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard as one of the most influential Latin women in Hollywood.[24]

Vergara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 7, 2015.[25]

She currently stars on the ABC sitcom Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.[26]

Endorsements

In 2011, Vergara was named the face of CoverGirl, with the first advertisements appearing in January 2012.[24] In April 2011, Vergara appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial with David Beckham[27] and another in January 2012.[28]

In 2011, it was announced that Vergara is designing a clothing line for Kmart targeting soccer moms[29] and appeared in a number of commercials for Comcast's Xfinity brand and State Farm.[30]

In 2013, she signed endorsement contracts with Diet Pepsi, Rooms To Go, and medicine Synthroid.[3]

Personal life

Vergara at the 2009 American Music Awards

Vergara was married at the age of 18 to her high-school sweetheart, Joe Gonzalez.[6] She gave birth to their son Manolo in September 1992.[31] They divorced in 1993.[6]

On July 10, 2012, it was reported that Vergara and her boyfriend Nick Loeb were engaged.[32][33][34] On May 23, 2014, Vergara announced that the engagement had been called off.[35] On May 1, 2015, it was reported that Vergara and Loeb were in dispute regarding the future of two embryos they had frozen while they were together.[36]

In July 2014, it was reported that Vergara began dating True Blood star Joe Manganiello.[37] The pair became engaged on Christmas Day 2014 after dating for six months.[38] They married in Palm Beach, Florida on November 21, 2015.[39][40]

On May 9, 2011, Vergara's younger brother Julio was deported from the United States to Colombia after being arrested in April that year; Julio also had a longtime drug addiction and previous brushes with the law.[41][42] "To see somebody dying over 10 years, little by little, that's the worst punishment," Vergara told Parade magazine. "Now he's like another person."[43]

Vergara has naturally blonde hair, although for movies and television, she is sometimes asked to dye it brown to make her look more stereotypically Hispanic.[44][45]

Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000. She had her thyroid removed, underwent radioiodine therapy, and made a full recovery.[46] She takes medication to prevent hypothyroidism.[47]

During her December 2014 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Vergara revealed that she had become a United States citizen after getting 100% on her citizenship test.[48][49][50]

Filmography

Film

Vergara at the 2015 PaleyFest for Modern Family
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Big Trouble Nina
2003 Chasing Papi Cici
2004 The 24th Day Isabella
2004 Soul Plane Blanca
2005 Lords of Dogtown Amelia
2005 Four Brothers Sofi
2006 Grilled Loridonna
2006 National Lampoon's Pledge This! Herself
2008 Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Cheryl
2009 Madea Goes to Jail T.T.
2011 The Smurfs Odile Anjelou
2011 New Year's Eve[51] Ava
2011 Happy Feet Two Carmen Voice role
2012 The Three Stooges Lydia Harter
2013 Escape from Planet Earth Gabby Babblebrook Voice role
2013 Fading Gigolo Selima
2013 Machete Kills Madame Desdemona
2014 Chef Inez
2015 Wild Card D. D.
2015 Hot Pursuit Daniella Riva Also executive producer
2016 The Brits Are Coming In post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Acapulco, cuerpo y alma Irasema
1995–1998 Fuera de serie Herself Co-host
1999 A que no te atreves Herself Co-host
1999 Baywatch Herself Episode: "Boys will be Boys"
2002 My Wife and Kids Selma Episode: "Samba Story"
2004 Eve April Perez Episode: "Party All the Time"
2004 Rodney Carmen Episode: "Dream Lover"
2005 Hot Properties Lola Hernandez Main role (13 episodes)
2005 Punk'd[52] Herself Season 5, episode 4
2007 Entourage Village Girl Episode: "Welcome to the Jungle"
2007 Amas de Casa Desesperadas Alicia Oviedo 23 episodes
2007 The Knights of Prosperity Esperanza Villalobos Main role (13 episodes)
2007 Dirty Sexy Money Sofía Montoya 4 episodes
2008 Fuego en la sangre Leonora 10 episodes
2008 Men in Trees Pilar Romero 2 episodes
2009 Dancing with the Stars Herself Guest appearance
2009–present Modern Family Gloria Delgado-Pritchett Main role
2012 Saturday Night Live Host Episode: "Sofia Vergara/One Direction"
2013 The Cleveland Show Señora Chalupa Episode: "The Essence of Cleveland" (voice)
2013 Family Guy Flower Saleswoman / Hispanic Woman Episode: "The Giggity Wife" (voice)
2014 Killer Women N/A Executive producer
2016 The Simpsons Carol Berrera Episode: "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" (voice)

Music video

Year Title Artist
1997 "Que Diera" Carlos Vives

Theatre

Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton (2009)[53]

Awards and nominations

In 2014, Vergara was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. She had risen from her 2013 position at no. 38.[4]

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2005 Black Reel Awards Best Ensemble (shared with rest of cast) Four Brothers Nominated
2009 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Modern Family Nominated
ALMA Awards Best Actress in Film Madea Goes to Jail Nominated
2010 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Modern Family Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
2011 ALMA Awards Favorite TV Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
Golden Globe Award 68th Golden Globe Awards#TelevisionBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Imagen Foundation Awards Best TV Actress[citation needed] Won
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series[citation needed] Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Film Actress The Smurfs Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Modern Family Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting TV Actress Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Modern Family Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
ALMA Awards Favorite Movie Actress – Supporting Role The Three Stooges Nominated
Favorite TV Actress in a Leading Role Modern Family Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Glamour Awards Comedy Actress N/A Won
2013 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Modern Family Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
People's Choice Award Favorite TV Comedy Actress Nominated
2014 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Funny Star Nominated
2015 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
People's Choice Award Favorite TV Comedy Actress Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

See also

References

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