Sofia Vergara Biography

Occup.	Model
From	Colombia
Born	July 10, 1972
Age	51 years

Early Life
Sofia Vergara, born Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara, was born on July 10, 1972, in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is the daughter of Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, a cattle rancher, and also Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, a homemaker. Sofia has actually 5 brother or sisters called Sandra, Marco, Julio, Rafael, as well as Veronica. Increased in a Catholic household, she participated in the Marymount International School, a private multilingual college in Barranquilla.

Modeling and also Television Career
Sofia Vergara's job in the show business began at a very early age. At 17, she was found by a professional photographer while walking on the coastline, and this led to her first appearance in a Pepsi commercial. In 1995, she began working as a runway model and showed up in a number of Colombian television shows.

In 1996, Sofia made her acting launching in a Colombian daytime soap called "Acapulco, Cuerpo y Alma". She proceeded her acting occupation in different telenovelas and co-hosted the traveling program "Fuera de Serie" from 1995 to 1998, that made her a popular character in Latin America. In 2002, she was cast as a lead in the sitcom "My Wife and Kids" on ABC.

Hollywood Career
In 2005, Sofia Vergara made her Hollywood launching with a function in the film "Four Brothers". Over the next few years, she showed up in numerous movies such as "Meet the Browns", "Madea Goes to Jail", "The Smurfs", and also "Happy Feet Two". Nevertheless, she came to be a home name when she was cast as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the acclaimed ABC comedy "Modern Family", which broadcast from 2009 until 2020. Her excellent performance throughout this successful series earned her multiple nominations, including 4 Golden Globe Awards and also 4 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Besides her acting occupation, Sofia Vergara has actually likewise ventured right into the globe of style and has actually launched her own clothes line, which is available specifically at Kmart. She additionally ended up being the first-ever Latin spokeswoman for the beauty brand name, CoverGirl.

Personal Life
Sofia Vergara was married to her senior high school sweetie, Joe Gonzalez, from 1991 to 1993. The couple has actually a boy called Manolo, born in 1992. After her divorce, Sofia was briefly engaged to Nick Loeb, an American business owner, in 2012, but they separated in 2014.

In July 2014, Sofia began dating actor Joe Manganiello and also the couple got engaged on Christmas Day in 2014. The pair tied the knot on November 21, 2015, in a lavish event in Palm Beach, Florida.

Throughout her life, Sofia remained very close to her household, and also after her sibling Rafael was tragically murdered in 1998, she decided to move her whole family to Miami searching for a more secure life.

Philanthropy as well as Activism
Sofia Vergara is involved in various charitable organizations and also has actually been active in increasing awareness for different causes. She is a solid advocate for cancer cells research study, having battled thyroid cancer cells herself in 2000. Sofia works carefully with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Stand Up To Cancer, using her star standing to raise funds and also spread awareness concerning the value of cancer research.

Conclusion
Sofía Vergara is not only a skilled starlet with an effective profession in both the Latin American and Hollywood show business yet also a businesswoman, benefactor, and devoted mother. Her trip as a small-town girl from Colombia to a widely known and appreciated star in the United States is a testimony to her strength, effort, and interest for her craft.

Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by Sofia.

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14 Famous quotes by Sofia Vergara

"It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning"

"My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts"

"I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it"

"Not everybody's confident their whole life"

"L. A. is crazy. The women all look the same now. That thing with the cheeks. Like Madonna. Who do they think they're fooling? It doesn't make them look young. You end up looking like a freak"

"I like comedy. I would love to do comedy for a long time"

"When I travel abroad, because I'm Columbian, I'm always one that they check twice and security and I'm the one that they open my bag and the one they pull to the side to check the visa"

"If you're asking if my breasts are natural, yes, this is how I've looked since I was 13 years old"

"If I walk outside without lipstick, I feel naked"

"I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on"

"I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was voluptuous and had the accent, but I had blonde hair. It was ignorance: they thought every Latin person looks like Salma Hayek"

"I never thought I would get such a perfect role in 'Modern Family.' A lot of TV shows now are looking for more Latin women"

"When you have a kid, you have to be more mature"

"I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him"