Biography for
Sofía Vergara More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 July 1972, Barranquilla, Colombia

Birth Name

Sofia Margarita Vergara

Nickname

La Toti

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

Sofía was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her mother, Margarita, is a housewife. Her father, Julio, provides cattle to the meat industry. She has 5 siblings.

She was educated at a private bilingual Spanish/English school. She then went on to study pre-Dentistry at Colombia University. 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 Big Trouble (2002). Her breakthrough role was as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the American TV series "Modern Family" (2009). In 2011, she received an Emmy nomination for 'Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series' for this role.

Sofía resides in Los Angeles with her son Manolo.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Kad

Spouse

Joe Gonzalez

(1991 - 1993) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Has a son, Manolo, who was born in 1992.

Ranked #56 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002).

Ranked #23 in Maxim's "100 Sexiest Women"(2002).

Ranked #30 in Askmen's "Most Desirable Woman"(2002)

Ranked #38 in Stuff's "Sexiest Women"(2003)

Ranked #66 in FHM-USA's "100 Sexiest Women"(2002)

Ranked #98 in FHM-USA's "100 Sexiest Women"(2001)

Her son is named Manolo after the character of the same name from Scarface (1983).

Named #25 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Ranked as #80 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Was featured as #23 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)

Ranked #39 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Was ranked #47 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2010 list.

Her younger sister is actress Sandra Vergara.

After she divorced, she studied pre-dentistry at a Colombian university for 3 years.

Her older brother was killed in a bungled kidnapping attempt in 1998. Later, she brought her son, mother, and sister with her to live in the US.

Was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000, but after treatment has had a full recovery.

Personal Quotes

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.