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Fashion Forward: The Oscar edition, with Bullock, Lopez

USA Today - Found Mar. 9, 2010
Kate Somerville's Los Angeles spa, where Kyra Sedgwick, Lea Michele, Sofia Vergara and Anna Paquin will get pampered before Sunday's Golden...

Posted on March 9, 2010, 8:41 am

Jake Gyllenhaal, Hungry and Ready to Mingle

E! Online - Found Mar. 7, 2010
Russell Brand, Russell Simmons, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Zoe, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Gwen Stefani, Sofia Vergara, Colin Firth, Ryan Gosling...

Posted on March 7, 2010, 2:20 am

Sofia Vergara Has A Wardrobe Malfunction (PHOTO)

Huffington Post - Found Mar. 5, 2010
'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara attended a party in LA Wednesday night wearing a tight purple dress--that went see-through under the flashbulbs.

Posted on March 5, 2010, 12:01 pm

Sofia Vergara Brings Out The Girls

Celebrity Gossip by Derek Hail - Found Mar. 5, 2010
Want to know where you can see more of the extremely HOT Sofia Vergara?

Posted on March 5, 2010, 5:29 am

Sofia Vergara And Her See Thru Dress To Underwear

HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Mar. 4, 2010
Here is Modern Family beauty Sofia Vergara , who wore a perfectly appropriate dress at The Christian Dior Pre-Oscars Party at the Chateau Marmont

Posted on March 4, 2010, 10:00 am

Sofia Vergara Is Stunning

Hollywood Rag - Celebrity Ragazine - Found Mar. 4, 2010
An evening with the "Modern Family" brought Sofia Vergara out to the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood yesterday (03/03/10). Read more

Posted on March 4, 2010, 1:46 pm

Mom Said God Would Punish Sofia Vergara If She Reduced Her Breasts

Starpulse News Blog - Found Jan. 28, 2010
Curvy actress Sofia Vergara 's mom made the actress swear not to have her huge breasts reduced to land more film roles. Read more!

Posted on January 28, 2010, 6:25 am

Sofia Vergara and Camilla Belle at the 2010 Golden Globes

Talking makeup: daily cosmetics and makeup blog. - Found Jan. 20, 2010
GET THE LOOK: Lancme made yet another star appearance at the 2010 Golden Globes , this time on Sofia Vergara and Camilla Belle . Sofia Vergara?s

Posted on January 20, 2010, 4:13 am

2010 SAG Awards: Sofia Vergara Wears Carolina Herrara

ShoppingBlog.com - Found Jan. 24, 2010
Sofia Vergara was another actress wearing red on the SAG awards red carpet. Sofia's dazzling gown was designed by Carolina Herrara. Sofia revealed...

Posted on January 24, 2010, 2:50 am

Proud Latino Sofia Vergara

MaleFirst Mens Magazine - Found Feb. 2, 2010
Sofia Vergara loves being Latin.

Posted on February 2, 2010, 10:30 am

Sofia Vergara Biography

Sofia Vergara
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Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara at the 2009 American Music Awards
Born Sofía Margarita Vergara
July 10, 1972 (1972-07-10) (age 37)
Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia
Other name(s) La Toti
Occupation Actress/Model
Years active 1995–present
Official website

Sofía Margarita Vergara1 (born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian model, actress and entrepreneur. She was raised bilingual in English and Spanish, making her transition simple from being a performer in Latin America in Spanish to becoming one in the United States in English. Dubbed "Sofia Viagra",23 Vergara was already rather well-known in North America from her modeling work, and her first notable acting job in English was in the movie Chasing Papi.

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Personal life

Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia.2 Her mother is a homemaker and her father produced cattle for the meat industry.45 "Toti"1 was the nickname given to Vergara by her five brothers and sisters and many cousins, including television news anchor and reporter Carlos Vergara, who works for WTVJ in Miami, Florida. She grew up in her hometown of Barranquilla and was raised in a well-off family, attending a private bilingual Spanish/English school. Vergara was married at the age of 18 to her childhood sweetheart,2 and she gave birth to her son Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara September 16, 19926 at the age of 20.4 After her divorce, Vergara studied pre-dentistry at a university in Colombia for three years.4 Then, many opportunities arose to work in modeling and in show business, and Vergara decided to pursue these in Latin America. Soon she decided to move to Miami, Florida, to take advantage of opportunities and to move away from unrest in Colombia (her older brother7 had been murdered in 19981 during an attempt to kidnap him that went awry).4 She brought her son, mother, and sister with her.

Career

Vergara was discovered by a photographer while walking on a Colombian beach. Soon she was presented with attractive offers in modeling and television work, and she considered accepting them. Having been raised rather conservatively and religiously, this was confusing at first. According to an article in the January 2002 issue of Maxim, Vergara was "apprehensive about doing her first television commercial—until her Catholic schoolteachers gave her their personal permission to take the assignment."8 Vergara made her first appearance as a performer at the age of 17 in a Pepsi commercial that was widely broadcast in Latin America.9 In order to support her son, mother, and younger siblings who needed her financial support in the absence of her father, who had left the family, Vergara dropped out of college to earn an income.

Vergara moved to Bogotá Colombia, at the age of 20, where she worked as a model on the runway and on television. From 1995 to 1999, she was co-host with Fernando Fiore on Fuera de Serie ("Out of the Ordinary" or "Over-the-Top"), a travel series that sent her to exotic places around the world. It was telecast on the international Univision Spanish-language television network, and it made her a star in the Latin American market. It also gave Vergara television exposure in the United States via the Univision stations there. She co-hosted the Univision show A que no te atreves ("I Dare You"). She appeared as a guest star in the season-four opening of the HBO series Entourage.

Besides runway and catalog modeling work, Vergara did independent projects. She was photographed for posters and swimsuit calendars in 1998, 2000, and 2002.

Vergara is 1.70 m (5 ftin) tall, and she has naturally light brown/sunbleached-blonde hair6 (for movies and television, she is sometimes asked to color it brunette to make her look more typically Latina). Vergara was under an exclusive television contract with Univision for several years, and after it expired she accepted a role with the ABC network in the United States. Vergara appeared on the ABC situation comedies Hot Properties and The Knights of Prosperity. She currently stars on the ABC sitcom Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett.

Vergara plays Alicia Oviedo in the Colombian version of the television show Desperate Housewives, which is called Amas de Casa Desesperadas—her character is the equivalent of Mary Alice Young. She also appeared on the ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money as Jeremy Darling's love interest. Vergara has made guest appearances in the Mexican telenovela Fuego En La Sangre.

In 2002, Vergara was diagnosed and treated for thyroid cancer.2

In 2008, Vergara was 62 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list.

In 2009, Vergara had a five-week stint on Broadway as "Mama" Morton in the revival of Chicago.

In November 2009, Vergara appeared as a guest on U.S. television talk show The View. During her appearance the women asked her how she handles looking so young and having an 18-year-old son. She then made a joke saying she can just say she was raped when she was thirteen, to explain why she looks so young. It was meant as reference to typical storylines in Spanish soap operas.10 In the awkward video footage Vergara is seen laughing while host Whoopi Goldberg gasps in astonishment.11

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2002 Big Trouble Nina
2003 Chasing Papi Cici
2004 The 24th Day Isabella
Soul Plane Blanca
2005 Lords of Dogtown Amelia
Four Brothers Sofi
2005 Grilled Loridonna
2006 National Lampoon's Pledge This Herself
2008 Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Cheryl
2009 Madea Goes to Jail T.T.
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Baywatch Herself 1 episode
2002 My Wife and Kids Selma 1 episode
2004 Eve April Perez 1 episode
Rodney Carmen 1 episode
2005 Hot Properties Lola Hernandez Main Cast
Punk'd Herself 1 episode
2007 Entourage Jungle Girl 1 episode
Amas de Casa Desesperadas Alicia Oviedo Main Cast
The Knights of Prosperity Esperanza Villalobos Main Cast
Dirty Sexy Money Sofia Montoya 4 episodes
2008 Fuego En La Sangre Leonora 10 episodes
Men In Trees Pilar Romero 2 episodes
2009 Dancing with the Stars Herself Guest Appearance
2009 - Present Modern Family Gloria Delgado-Prichett Main Cast

References

  1. ^ a b c Francis Rodríguez (2008-03-21). "Sofía Vergara stars in “Meet The Browns,” strives for a lead role". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/03/21/2008-03-21_sofa_vergara_stars_in_meet_the_browns_st.html. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Sofia Vergara: Craig David hopes his sexy ex marries Tom Cruise". Sunday Mirror. 2005-03-20. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_/ai_n13460214. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  3. ^ "Periscope". Newsweek International. 2004-05-31. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21442091_ITM. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  4. ^ a b c d Luaine Lee (2006-12-31). "Sofia Vergara gets a role she can sink her perfect teeth into". The Free Lance–Star. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12312006/246805. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  5. ^ Sofia Vergara Biography (1972-)
  6. ^ a b Kathleen Mascarenas (March 2008). "Inside Sofia Vergara's Perfect World". Latino Future. http://latinofuture.com/Entetainment/FilmTV/SofiaVergara/SofiaVergaraFullArticle/tabid/1212/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  7. ^ Tonisha Johnson (2006). "Four Brothers: An Interview with Sofia Vergara". Gesica magazine. http://tomifilmfestival.com/film_fourbrothers_svergara.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  8. ^ Sofia Vergara in Maxim magazine
  9. ^ Wilson Morales (2005-08-05). "Four Brothers: An Interview with Sofia Vergara". blackfilm.com. http://www.blackfilm.com/20050805/features/sofiavergara.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  10. ^ Daily Mail (November 2009). "Tom Cruise's former flame Sofia Vergara shocked viewers of The View, with ill-advised rape joke". Herald and Weekly Times. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tom-cruises-former-flame-sofia-vergara-shocked-viewers-of-the-view-with-ill-advised-rape-joke/story-e6frf96o-1225800162843. Retrieved 2009-11-24. 
  11. ^ Daily Mail Reporter (November 2009). "Actress Sofia Vergara causes uproar after making rape joke on U.S. TV". Associated Newspapers Ltd.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1229266/U-S-actress-Sofia-Vergara-causes-uproar-making-rape-joke-live-TV.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24. 

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