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A Colombian-American actress Sofia Vergara started her acting career as a co-host of a couple of Spanish-language television shows on Univisión. To achieve success and make her dreams come true, she went through a lot of hardships and proved that hard work and perseverance paid off in the end.

She was born Sofia Margarita Vergara on July 10, 1972. Her role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the ABC series ‘Modern Family’, led her to significant roles in movies like ‘Chasing Papi’, ‘Four Brothers’, ‘Meet the Browns’, ‘Madea Goes to Jail’, ‘Hot Pursuit’, ‘Happy Feet Two’, ‘The Smurfs’, ‘The Three Stooges’, and ‘Machete Kills’. Forbes ranked her 32^nd on the list of most powerful women in the world.

Height / Weight / Age

Net Worth

Sofia Vergara’s estimated net worth is $44 million approximately.

Education / Family

Sofia Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to Margarita Vergara de Vergara a housewife, and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo who was a cattle farmer. She was raised in a big Roman Catholic family along with five siblings and many cousins.

She has a younger sister named Sandra Vergara who is also an actress. She attended Marymount International School Barranquilla for elementary education.

Name	Sofia Vergara
Real Name	Sofia Margarita Vergara
Nickname	La Toti
Birth Place	Barranquilla, Colombia
Profession	Actress, Model, Television Host
Zodiac sign	Cancer
School	Marymount International School, Barranquilla, Colombia
College	University of Columbia
Religion	Roman Catholic
Nationality	American
Home Town	Barranquilla, Colombia
Debut	TV- Acapulco, Cuerpo y alma (1995) Film – Big Trouble (2002)
Fathers Name	Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo
Mothers Name	Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara
Brothers	Julio Vergara (Younger)   Rafael Vergara
Sister	Veronica Vergara   Sandra Vergara

Career / Fashion And Style

Once a photographer spotted Sofia walking on a Colombian beach and offered her work and she started her career as a model. From 1995 to 1998, she did her first major job on television was co-hosting the Univisión travel show, ‘Fuera de Serie’.

In 2008, she appeared in the movie ‘Madea Goes to Jail’ for which she received a nomination for an ALMA Award for ‘Best Actress in Film’ for her performance. In 2009, she got her breakthrough role as the sexy and assertive Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the ABC sitcom ‘Modern Family’ which became an instant hit and earned her multiple awards and nominations.

Apart from modeling for different brands, she has launched her own clothing line and jewelry collection. She has worked as a voice artist in the 2013 animated sci-fi, ‘Escape from Planet Earth’.

Boyfriends, Affairs, Husband and More

In 1990, Sofia Vergara married her high-school sweetheart, Joe Gonzalez but in 1993, she separated from her husband. In 2015, she got married to Joe Manganiello in Palm Beach, Florida. She has a son Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara from her first husband.

Boyfriends	Enrique Iglesias (Spanish Singer)   Chris Paciello (American Criminal) Craig David (British Musician) Tom Cruise (American Actor) Nick Loeb, (American Businessman, Ex-Fiance) Joe Gonzalez Joe Manganiello (American Actor)
Marital Status	Married
Husband	Joe Gonzalez (1991-1993)   Joe Manganiello (Actor), (2015-present)
Children	Sons – Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara

Favorite Things

Here is the list of Sofia Vergara her favorite things.

Some Interesting Facts About Sofia Vergara

• Sofia has launched her own clothing line at Walmart.

• Both of her first and second husbands have the same first name ‘Joe’.

• In 2015, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7013 Hollywood Boulevard.

• She became a guest host at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival which is one of Latin America’s most important music competitions.

• In 1998, her older brother Rafael Vergara was murdered in a bungled kidnapping attempt.

• From July 2012 to May 2014, she was engaged to Nick Loeb.

• At the age of 20, she gave birth to her first child Manolo Gonzalez Vergara.

• In 2000, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer but got a full recovery after treatment.

• She was enrolled in a private bilingual Spanish/English school.

• Her son was named Manolo after the character from the movie Scarface.

• After her divorce, she attended Colombian University to study pre-dentistry for three years.

• In 2011, her younger brother was arrested due to his longtime drug addiction.

• Her hobby is reading and eating.

• In 2005, she was ranked 25 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.

• Lancome’s L’absolu Rouge in Exotic Orchid is her favorite lipstick.

• She belongs to Hispanic ethnicity.