“In Vergara, television has found the ‘crossover’ star that it has been looking for since (Cuban actor) Desi Arnaz went off the air,” Forbes magazine wrote in 2012, when the actress began earning $15 million a year. To everyone’s surprise, and despite the skepticism of many, what Vergara really accomplished, for her part, was to win the hearts of viewers by becoming the highest-paid Latino actress on American television - and the world. Vergara also created a foundation to help families in Colombia cope with cancer.A post shared by Modern Family played Gloria Delgado, the second wife of the Pritchett family patriarch, interpreted by the iconic Ed O’Neill between her hair and her tight wardrobe, there were those of us who couldn’t help but draw a line between the Colombian actress and that grim television archetype once embodied by Katey Sagal in Married… With Children.Īfter 11 seasons and 250 episodes, the Modern Family cast finally said goodbye last Wednesday, joining the shelves of entertainment history as one of the most important comedies of recent years. Since then she has had surgery and radiation therapy and takes medication daily to control her metabolism.
In 2000, an endocrinologist discovered a lump in Vergara’s neck and she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. In 2019, she teamed with Walmart to debut a denim brand. The actress launched her own Kmart clothing line in 2011 and a fragrance and jewelry collection three years later. Vergara planted the seeds for financial success long before she became the highest-paid actress on television, co-founding Latin World Entertainment in 1994. In early 2020, it was announced that Vergara was joining the upcoming season of America's Got Talent as a judge, though the show's production was delayed by the coronavirus outbreak. Switching gears, she co-starred in the crime thriller Bent in 2018 and the baseball drama Bottom of the 9th the following year.
Vergara picked up four consecutive Emmy and Golden Globe nominations in the supporting actress category, and won a People's Choice Award in 2017 for favorite comedic actress, before Modern Family signed off in April 2020.Īfter teaming up with Reese Witherspoon for the 2015 buddy comedy Hot Pursuit, Vergara appeared in another comedy, The Female Brain, and lent her voice to the animated The Emoji Movie in 2017. 'Modern Family'Īlso in 2009, Vergara began her role as the sexy and assertive Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, wife of the older Jay (played by Ed O'Neill), on the sitcom Modern Family. The show was an instant hit commercially and critically and went on to win five Emmy Awards for outstanding comedy series. 2003's Chasing Papi came next, in which Vergara plays one of Thomas Fuentes' three girlfriends. By the end of the decade, she had starred in two films that were directed by Tyler Perry - Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009) - and made her debut on the Broadway stage by playing Mama Morton in Chicago. Vergara became known as a film actress following her debut in 2002's Big Trouble, alongside Tim Allen and Rene Russo.
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Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Turner Movies & TV Shows 'Big Trouble,' 'Meet the Browns,' 'Madea Goes to Jail' Discovered on a beach by a photographer, Vergara got her start on screen via a Pepsi commercial for the Latin American markets, before working as a model and starring in a Mexican telenovela. She learned English at a bilingual elementary school and eventually studied dentistry. Sofia Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on July 10, 1972, to a large family. Additional projects have included the films Happy Feet Two, The Smurfs, Chef and Hot Pursuit. She started acting in films in 2000 and became a household name years later for her Emmy-nominated role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the hit sitcom Modern Family. Sofia Vergara is known for her Emmy-nominated role as Gloria on the hit sitcom 'Modern Family.' She has also starred in films like 'Meet the Browns,' 'Happy Feet Two' and 'Hot Pursuit.' Who Is Sofia Vergara?īorn in Colombia, Sofia Vergara worked as a model before relocating to the United States and becoming a highly regarded TV host of programs on Univision.