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Sofía Vergara

Acting

Born July 10, 1972 · Barranquilla, Colombia

Also known as Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara · Sofia Vergara

Biography

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian and American actress and model. She was the highest paid actress in American television from 2013 to 2020. Vergara rose to prominence while co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univision in the late 1990s. Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi (2003). She subsequently appeared in Four Brothers (2005) and Tyler Perry's comedies Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter. In 2009, she began playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett 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 films The Smurfs (2011), New Year's Eve (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Machete Kills (2013), Fading Gigolo (2013), Chef (2014), and Hot Pursuit (2015). She also had voice-over roles in the animated films Happy Feet Two (2011), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), and The Emoji Movie (2017). Vergara was also the highest-paid Hollywood actress in 2020. Since 2020, Vergara has been a judge on America's Got Talent.

Awards & recognition

  • NAACP Image AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 2011
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series · 2011
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series · 2010
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Eve

2003as April Perez

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

as Self - Guest

The Simpsons

1989as Mrs. Berrera (voice)

Modern Family

2009as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

Burning for Revenge

as Leonora Castañeda

Entourage

2004as Village Girl

My Wife and Kids

2000as Selma

Family Guy

1999as Buxom Woman / Hispanic Woman (voice)

Griselda

2024as Griselda Blanco

Strays

2023as Dolores the Couch (voice)

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Chef

2014as Inez

Lords of Dogtown

2005as Amelia (as Sofia Vergara)

Despicable Me 4

2024as Valentina (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Knights of Prosperity

2007as Esperanza Villalobos

Four Brothers

2005as Sofi

Chasing Papi

2003as Cici

Dinner Time Live with David Chang

as Self

Meet the Browns

2008as Cheryl

Madea Goes to Jail

2009as T.T.

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The 24th Day

2004as Isabella

Dirty Sexy Money

2007as Sofia Montoya

Project Runway

2004as Self - Guest Judge

Bottom of the 9th

2019as Angela Ramirez

Happy Feet Two

2011as Carmen (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Big Trouble

2002as Nina

Great Performances

1971as Self

New Year's Eve

2011as Ava

The Cleveland Show

2009

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

2024as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest

Fading Gigolo

2013as Selima

Escape from Planet Earth

2013as Gabby (voice)

The Three Stooges

2012as Lydia

The Smurfs

2011as Odile Anjelou

Hot Pursuit

2015as Daniella Riva

Wild Card

2015as D.D.

America's Got Talent

2006as Self - Judge

Machete Kills

2013as Desdemona

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

The Female Brain

2017as Lisa

Soul Plane

2004as Blanca

The Emoji Movie

2017as Flamenco Dancer (voice)

This Is Me... Now

2024as Cancer

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self