- Born
- Birth nameSofía Margarita Vergara Vergara
- Nickname
- La Toti
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her mother, Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, is a housewife. Her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, provides cattle to the meat industry. She has five siblings. She was educated at a private bilingual Spanish/English school. She then went on to study pre-dentistry. However, Sofía was discovered by a photographer, whilst at the beach, and this led to various jobs in modeling and television. At age 23, she was a runway model. From 1995 to 1998, she co-hosted a travel show, Fuera de serie (1995), which gave her exposure in the United States. Her first film role was the criminal comedy Big Trouble (2002). Her breakthrough role was as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the American television series Modern Family (2009). In 2010-2013, she received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for this role. Sofía resides in Los Angeles, California with her son, Manolo.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kad
- SpousesJoe Manganiello(November 22, 2015 - February 9, 2024) (divorced)Joe Gonzalez(December 25, 1991 - 1993) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsMargarita Vergara Dávila de VergaraJulio Enrique Vergara Robayo
- RelativesSandra Vergara(Sibling)Veronica Vergara(Sibling)Julio Vergara(Sibling)Rafael Vergara(Sibling)Claudia Vergara(Niece or Nephew)Sandra Vergara(Cousin)Mariana Vergara(Cousin)
- Deep seductive voice
- Strong Colombian accent
- Curvaceous, buxom figure
- As of July 18, 2012, Vergara was the highest-earning woman in American television, taking in $19 million for the past 12 months on a list released by Forbes.com.
- While living in Colombia, she used to watch the Spanish-dubbed version of Married... with Children (1987) featuring her co-star-to-be Ed O'Neill. After she landed the role as Ed's wife Gloria on Modern Family (2009), she was disappointed to learn that Ed spoke no Spanish.
- Her older brother was murdered in a bungled kidnapping attempt in 1998. She later brought her son, mother and sister with her to live in the US.
- As a young girl, she was so self-conscious of her thin frame, she used to wear two pairs of jeans to fill out her figure.
- Announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) that she had become a United States citizen.
- 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.
- If you see me without mascara, my eyelashes are completely blonde, I'm very, very fair-skinned.
- My father told me if I did anything artistic, I would look like a hooker. I told him, "With these huge boobs that I inherited from your mother, I already look like a hooker!".
- [on turning down the controversial role of Charlotte Bless in The Paperboy (2012)] It was a fun role. I was so glad that I didn't have to pee in anyone's face, though. I was glad it was not me. For [Nicole Kidman], that's nothing. For me, it would have been three weeks of stress. How am I going to pee in there?
- [on her discomfort with her breasts at age 13] I wanted surgery. I told my mom, "As soon as I'm older, please take these boobs away." She said, "Sofia, shut up. When you're 18, it will be different." I was like "Why would I want these huge boobs?". I'm a 34DD. It's hard to dress. No matter what I wear, I look like a stripper.
- Modern Family (2009) - $190,000 per episode
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