Sofia Margarita Vergara

Sofia Margarita Vergara, Spanish was born on July 10, 1972. She is an actress, presenter, producer, model and TV presenter from Colombia. Vergara was the highest-paid American actress from 2013 to 2020. Vergara gained prominence hosting two Spanish-language television programs for Univision in late 1990s. Chasing Papi (2003) was her first major acting role in English. Later, she was in Four Brothers (2005) and Tyler Perry's comedy Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the last. In 2009, she began as Gloria Delgado in the ABC comedy series Modern Family for which she was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and eleven Screen Actors Guild Awards.Vergara has also had roles in the movies The Smurfs (2011), New Year's Eve (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Machete Kills (2013), Fading Gigolo (2013) Chef (2014) as well as Hot Pursuit (2015). She also voiced characters in animated films Happy Feet Two (2011). Escape from Planet Earth (2013). and The Emoji Movie (2018). Vergara was also a highest-paid Hollywood actress in 2020 [citation required]. Since 2020, Vergara has been a judge on America's Got Talent. Vergara was born to an Roman Catholic family in Barranquilla. [8] Her mother, Margarita Vergara de Vergara, was a homemaker, as was her father. Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo was a rancher of cattle for the meat industry. Vergara was referred to as "Toti" by her siblings, as well as a number of cousins. Vergara was an undergraduate at National University of Colombia in dentistry. She left after two years to pursue modeling opportunities and show business.