Sofia Vergara Overview
Sofia Margarita Vergara, known as Sofia Vergara, was a Colombian-American actress and model who started her acting career as a co-host of a couple of Spanish-language television shows on Univisión. She was born on July 10, 1972 to a Roman Catholic family in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her mother, Margarita Vergara de Vergara, was a housewife and her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, was a cattle farmer. Steering through a lot of hardships to achieve success, she proved that hard work and perseverance pay off in the end. She was most famous for playing the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the ABC series, titled Modern Family, which brought her numerous award nominations. She also did significant roles in movies like Chasing Papi, Four Brothers, Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail, The Smurfs, Happy Feet Two, The Three Stooges, Machete Kills, and Hot Pursuit.
Early Life and Career
Sofia Vergara comes from a big family and has five siblings and many cousins. She attended Marymount International School Barranquilla, a private bilingual Spanish/English school. She later studied dentistry for three years at a university in Colombia, but dropped out without finishing the last two semesters in order to pursue a modeling career. She started her career as a model after a photographer spotted her walking on a Colombian beach and quickly offered her work. At the age of 17, she appeared in a Pepsi commercial aimed for the Latin American audience and started working as a runway model in Bogota, Columbia, at the age of 20. Her first major job on television was co-hosting the Univisión travel show, titled Fuera de serie. But, her first acting career was with the 2002 comedy film, titled Big Trouble, and her first significant role as an actor came next year, in the movie Chasing Papi.
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Her Teenager Looks
Sofia Vergara was known today for her voluptuous figure, but she was a bit of a late bloomer. In a 2011 interview with Cynthia McFadden of Nightline, she revealed that her nickname as a child was ‘palillo’, the Spanish word for ‘toothpick’. She said that in her culture, a skinny girl has nothing going on. So she was very scared, always concerned that she was never gonna fill up all those fabulous outfits and would never even wear skirts or anything because she thought she was too skinny. Not only that, while many actors spend years auditioning and waiting for their big break, Sofia Vergara's introduction to the industry was a bit more unconventional. She was spotted on the beach by an agent who recognized that she had the makings of a star. According to CBS, she said that she was with her family at the beach and some casting agent saw her and said that they were doing the commercial and asked her to do it. Surprisingly, she was a senior at a Catholic high school at the time and at first wanted to turn down the opportunity. She said that she could not be in a bathing suit in a commercial, because the nuns were not gonna let her do it and were gonna throw her out of school. Fortunately, she eventually agreed to do the commercial in which she appeared in a bathing suit. She was not kicked out of school, either the commercial did not air until after she had graduated.
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Her Griselda Transformation
Recently, Sofia Vergara unveiled a startling transformation in a new trailer for Griselda, in which she portrays real-life drug lord Griselda Blanco in Netflix's upcoming miniseries, titled Griselda. The show, which is slated for a January premiere, has officially released a teaser trailer, and she clad in heavy prosthetics, who was almost unrecognizable. Having totally transformed herself for the role, fans of the actress might be surprised by what appears to be her darkest project yet. Boasting a stellar cast; Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Martín Rodríguez, Juliana Aidén Martinez, and Vanessa Ferlito will also star in the crime series. According to Netflix's synopsis, Griselda was inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. Reuniting the team behind Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, Griselda will consist of six hour-long episodes, which will premiere on January 25th 2024. The teaser has already sparked a major reaction on YouTube, with fans voicing their excitement in the comments saying that Sofia Vergara was going bad and very excited for Sofia Vergara’s dramatic role.