Sofía Vergara

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara was born on July 10, 1972 to a Catholic family{{cite news |last1=McKay |first1=Hollie |title=Sofia Vergara's Catholic family concerned she would look like a 'hooker' in Hollywood |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sofia-vergaras-catholic-family-concerned-she-would-look-like-a-hooker-in-hollywood/ |publisher=Fox News |access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=March 25, 2015 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308011240/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/01/28/sofia-vergara-catholic-family-concerned-would-look-like-hooker-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live}} in Barranquilla. Her mother, Margarita Vergara de Vergara, was a homemaker, and her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, was a cattle rancher for the meat industry.{{cite web |url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12312006/246805 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509003837/http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12312006/246805 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |title=Sofia Vergara gets a role she can sink her perfect teeth into |access-date=October 28, 2008 |author1=Luaine Lee |date=December 31, 2006 |publisher=The Free Lance–Star}}{{cite news|last=Dolen|first=Christine|title=Tropical Life|publisher=Miami Herald|date=May 25, 2009|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=129A7581471A5FE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=March 30, 2010|archive-date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114190513/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=129A7581471A5FE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Sofía Vergara: Duelo en Navidad |publisher=Diario las Américas |date=December 26, 2009 |url=http://www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=91194 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718180118/http://www.diariolasamericas.com/noticia/91194/sofia-vergara-duelo-en-navidad |archive-date=July 18, 2011}} She was nicknamed "Toti" by her five siblings and many cousins.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/03/21/2008-03-21_sofa_vergara_stars_in_meet_the_browns_st.html |title=Sofía Vergara stars in "Meet The Browns," strives for a lead role |access-date=October 28, 2008 |author1=Francis Rodríguez |date=March 21, 2008 |work=New York Daily News |archive-date=March 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328175057/http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/03/21/2008-03-21_sofa_vergara_stars_in_meet_the_browns_st.html |url-status=live}}

Vergara initially studied dentistry for three years at National University of Colombia, but she left two semesters away from completing her degree to pursue opportunities in modeling and show business.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/5-things-to-know-about-sofia-vergara/|title=5 Things to Know About Sofia Vergara|publisher=People|access-date=February 29, 2020|date=November 4, 2009|author1=Alexis Chiu|author2=Brian Orloff|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229135716/https://people.com/celebrity/5-things-to-know-about-sofia-vergara/|url-status=live}} In 1998, her older brother Rafael was murdered in Colombia during an attempt to kidnap him.{{Cite web |last=VanHoose |first=Benjamin |date=2020-07-01 |title=Sofia Vergara Recalls Brother's Death During Powerful AGT Audition: 'I Can Feel Your Pain' |url=https://people.com/tv/sofia-vergara-gets-emotional-with-agt-spoken-word-contestant-recalls-brothers-death/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=People |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003658/https://people.com/tv/sofia-vergara-gets-emotional-with-agt-spoken-word-contestant-recalls-brothers-death/ |url-status=live}} Not wanting to be caught in the unrest that resulted from the murder, Vergara immigrated to the United States, settling in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |url=http://www.blackfilm.com/20050805/features/sofiavergara.shtml |title=Four Brothers: An Interview with Sofia Vergara |access-date=October 28, 2008 |author=Tonisha Johnson |year=2006 |publisher=Gesica magazine |archive-date=August 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830063635/http://www.blackfilm.com/20050805/features/sofiavergara.shtml |url-status=live}} Her cousin and adopted sister, Sandra, is also a television actress in the United States.{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=Modern Family Drama|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/modern_family_drama_maxim_hottie_sandra/256897|work=Modern Family Drama: Is Maxim Hottie Sandra Vergara Pretending to Be Sofia's Sister?|date=August 8, 2011|publisher=E online|access-date=October 8, 2012|archive-date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622080228/http://www.eonline.com/news/modern_family_drama_maxim_hottie_sandra/256897|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Sofia Vergara's Sister, Sandra Vergara, Lands New Role|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/sofia-vergaras-sister-sandra-vergara_n_2315104.html|work=The Huffington Post/People Magazine|access-date=February 24, 2014|date=December 17, 2012|archive-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302234628/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/sofia-vergaras-sister-sandra-vergara_n_2315104.html|url-status=live}}

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Vergara was discovered by a photographer while walking on a beach in Colombia, and she was quickly presented with offers of modeling and television work.Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 2011.{{Cite web |last=Wert |first=Nicole |title=Sofia Vergara Shares Throwback Snaps From Her Home Country |url=https://parade.com/news/sofia-vergara-throwback-modeling-colombia-photos-instagram-2022 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Parade |date=November 20, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003701/https://parade.com/news/sofia-vergara-throwback-modeling-colombia-photos-instagram-2022 |url-status=live}} She was "apprehensive about doing her first television commercial—until her Catholic schoolteachers gave her their personal permission to take the assignment."{{cite web|url=https://maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=3814&src=fc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014103354/http://maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=3814&src=fc|title=La Diva Loca|archive-date=October 14, 2007}} She made her first appearance, aged 17, in a Pepsi commercial aired in Latin America.{{cite web|url= http://www.blackfilm.com/20050805/features/sofiavergara.shtml|title= Four Brothers: An Interview with Sofia Vergara|access-date= October 28, 2008|author= Wilson Morales|date= August 5, 2005|publisher= blackfilm.com|archive-date= August 30, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080830063635/http://www.blackfilm.com/20050805/features/sofiavergara.shtml|url-status= live}} She then began studies at the Creative Workshops School of Acting, where Gloria Estefan also trained.{{cite web|url=http://www.creativeworkshops.com/welcome_main.htm|title=Acting Classes, Acting School, Acting Workshops: Creative Workshop|website=www.creativeworkshops.com|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=January 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127021339/http://www.creativeworkshops.com/welcome_main.htm|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Vergara appeared in Chicago on Broadway as Matron Mama Morton for six weeks.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=Sofía Vergara Had a Leading Role in Chicago on Broadway—See the Pics |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/sofia-vergara-had-a-leading-role-in-chicago-on-broadway-see-the-pics |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=NBC Insider Official Site |language=en-US |archive-date=January 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116030724/https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/sofia-vergara-had-a-leading-role-in-chicago-on-broadway-see-the-pics |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=BBC One - The Graham Norton Show, Series 31, Episode 13 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v6q0 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113123626/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v6q0 |url-status=live }} She was scheduled to star in The Paperboy, an independent drama directed by Lee Daniels. However shooting was delayed and the revised resumption conflicted with her shooting schedule for the third season of Modern Family and she dropped out.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2011-06-23 |title=Sofia Vergara Cancels 'The Paperboy' |url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/sofia-vergara-cancels-the-paperboy-142747/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In July 2011, she finished filming the Farrelly brothers' The Three Stooges, her first leading role in a major film. She said, "I play a mean woman that tries to manipulate the Three Stooges into killing her husband so that she gets all the money."{{cite news |author=Marlow Stern |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Sofia Vergara Breaks Out |journal=The Daily Beast |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/29/sofia-vergara-on-david-beckham-tom-cruise-the-smurfs-modern-family-emmys.html |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731045319/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/29/sofia-vergara-on-david-beckham-tom-cruise-the-smurfs-modern-family-emmys.html |url-status=live}} In April 2012, she appeared in her son Manolo's YouTube web series Vida con Toty.{{cite web |title=Mi Vida con Toty |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3D21FA69B4C8260A |website=YouTube |access-date=March 13, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307182507/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3D21FA69B4C8260A |url-status=live}}

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She starred on the ABC sitcom Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from 2010 to 2013.{{cite web|title=Sofia Vergara|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/sofia-vergara|access-date=March 16, 2016|work=Television Academy|archive-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911064349/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/sofia-vergara|url-status=live}} Vergara was the highest-earning woman in U.S. television, earning $19 million for the previous 12 months, according to a list released by Forbes.com on July 18, 2012.{{cite web |title=Sofia Vergara tops Forbes highest paid U.S. TV actresses |url=https://news.yahoo.com/sofia-vergara-tops-forbes-highest-paid-u-tv-154558356.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722035919/http://news.yahoo.com/sofia-vergara-tops-forbes-highest-paid-u-tv-154558356.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |publisher=Yahoo News and Reuters}}{{cite news |title=Sofia Vergara highest paid woman in television |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Sofia-Vergara-highest-paid-woman-in-television/articleshow/15053211.cms |access-date=July 20, 2012 |work=The Times Of India}}{{Dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Vergara was named one of People magazine's "50 most beautiful people", and named by The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard as one of the most influential Latin women in Hollywood.{{cite web |date=May 12, 2011 |title=Sofia Vergara Named New Face of COVERGIRL! |url=http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/05/12/sofia-vergara-new-face-covergirl/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019123505/http://entretenimiento.aollatino.com/2011/05/12/sofia-vergara-new-face-covergirl/ |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2011 |work=Latina |publisher=AOL}} Vergara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 7, 2015.{{cite web |last=Variety |date=May 7, 2015 |title=Sofia Vergara Walk of Fame Ceremony |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOzpQh6Vvmg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/EOzpQh6Vvmg |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Ana |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Upcoming Star Ceremonies {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/upcoming-ceremonies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329005048/http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/upcoming-ceremonies |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |access-date=May 6, 2015 |work=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce}} In 2015, Forbes estimated Vergara's annual income at $28.5 million.{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Sofía Vergara |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sofia-vergara/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416132805/http://www.forbes.com/profile/sofia-vergara/ |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |website=Forbes}}

In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Vergara and others told the stories of the people killed there.{{cite web|title=49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy | Human Rights Campaign|url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy|access-date=June 30, 2016|publisher=Hrc.org|archive-date=August 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823154109/http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Rothaus|first=Steve|date=June 12, 2016|title=Pulse Orlando shooting scene a popular LGBT club where employees, patrons 'like family'|work=Miami Herald|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article83301677.html|access-date=June 15, 2016|archive-date=June 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615082724/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article83301677.html|url-status=live}} As of September 2016, Forbes reported that Vergara was the highest-paid actress in television, bringing in $43 million in the past year.{{cite web|last1=Berg|first1=Madeline|date=September 14, 2016|title=The World's Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2016: Sofia Vergara Stays The Queen Of The Small Screen With $43 Million|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2016/09/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2016-sofia-vergara-stays-the-queen-of-the-small-screen-with-43-million|access-date=March 13, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422001711/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2016/09/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2016-sofia-vergara-stays-the-queen-of-the-small-screen-with-43-million/|url-status=live}} In February 2020, it was announced that Vergara would be a judge on America's Got Talent, starting with its fifteenth season. She returned for her second season in 2021, her third in 2022, her fourth in 2023, her fifth in 2024, and her sixth in 2025.{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|date=February 27, 2020|title=Sofia Vergara Joins 'America's Got Talent' As New Judge, Heidi Klum Returns To Mothership Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/sofia-vergara-americas-got-talent-new-judge-heidi-klum-returns-mothership-series-1202870125/|website=Deadline|access-date=February 27, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319161901/https://deadline.com/2020/02/sofia-vergara-americas-got-talent-new-judge-heidi-klum-returns-mothership-series-1202870125/|url-status=live}}

In 2024 Vergara became the first Latina born in a Latin American country nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, for playing Griselda Blanco in the miniseries Griselda.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/sofia-vergara-emmy-nomination-griselda-1236012422/|title='Griselda's Sofia Vergara Makes History As First Latina Nominated For Lead Actress In Limited Series|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=July 17, 2024}}

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In 2011, it was announced that Vergara has designed a Kmart clothing line aimed at soccer moms.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Emma |date=September 14, 2011 |title=Sofia Vergara's New Clothing Line Is Now Available At Kmart |url=http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Sofia-Vergaras-New-Clothing-Line-Is-Now-Available-At-Kmart/137591.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924023731/http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Sofia-Vergaras-New-Clothing-Line-Is-Now-Available-At-Kmart/137591.html |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |access-date=September 18, 2011 |publisher=U.S. Venture Partners}} In 2011, Vergara was named the face of CoverGirl, with the first advertisements appearing in January 2012. In April 2011, she appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial with David Beckham{{cite web |author=Natalie Zamuda |date=April 20, 2010 |title=Diet Pepsi Joins Pepsi Max With New Commercials |url=http://adage.com/article/news/diet-pepsi-sofia-vergara-spot-breaks/227102/ |access-date=June 12, 2010 |work=Ad Age |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163410/http://adage.com/article/news/diet-pepsi-sofia-vergara-spot-breaks/227102/ |url-status=live}} and another in January 2012.{{cite news |last=Ferrer |first=Miguel |date=January 7, 2012 |title=Sofia Vergara, Dancing Behind-The-Scenes Of New Diet Pepsi TV Commercial |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/07/sofia-vergara-dancing-commercial_n_1191803.html |access-date=April 8, 2012 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306225412/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/07/sofia-vergara-dancing-commercial_n_1191803.html |url-status=live}} Also in 2011, she appeared in a number of commercials for Comcast's Xfinity brand and State Farm.{{cite web |title=Sofia Vergara Of 'Modern Family' Is New Xfinity Spokeswoman |url=https://www.courant.com/2011/03/09/sofia-vergara-of-modern-family-is-new-xfinity-spokeswoman/ |access-date=March 16, 2016 |work=Hartford Courant |date=March 9, 2011 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331122548/http://articles.courant.com/2011-03-09/entertainment/hc-java-sofia-vergara-0309-20110309_1_xfinity-tv-sofia-vergara-comcast-digital-customers |url-status=live}} In 2013, she signed endorsement contracts with Diet Pepsi, Rooms To Go, and the medicine Synthroid. Vergara launched a furniture line with Rooms To Go in 2013. She wanted to create well-made and affordable furniture, saying: "Everyone should be able to make their home look amazing and be proud of their home." In 2014, Vergara became a brand ambassador for the American anti-dandruff shampoo brand Head & Shoulders.{{cite web |title=Sofia Vergara and Head & Shoulders are Family |url=https://www.headandshoulders.com/en-us/whats-new/sofia-vergara-and-family-join-head-and-shoulders |publisher=Head & Shoulders |access-date=September 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829204521/https://www.headandshoulders.com/en-us/whats-new/sofia-vergara-and-family-join-head-and-shoulders |url-status=live}}

In March 2017, she reached a settlement with Venus Concept for alleged improper use of her likeness, which Vergara said created the false impression that she endorsed their beauty products.{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Tyler E. |date=April 14, 2017 |title=#ShowMeTheMoney: Sofia Vergara's Settlement of Social Media False Endorsement Lawsuit Highlights Modern Legal Issue |work=The National Law Review |publisher=Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |url=https://www.natlawreview.com/article/showmethemoney-sofia-vergara-s-settlement-social-media-false-endorsement-lawsuit |access-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009094035/https://www.natlawreview.com/article/showmethemoney-sofia-vergara-s-settlement-social-media-false-endorsement-lawsuit |url-status=live}} She launched her first fragrance "Sofia by Sofia Vergara" in 2014 and has since released four more fragrances.{{cite web |title=Fragrance |url=https://www.sofiavergara.com/fragrance |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Sofia Vergara |language=en-US |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310070115/https://www.sofiavergara.com/fragrance |url-status=live}} In June 2023, Vergara launched the beauty brand Toty.{{cite magazine |date=2023-06-22 |title=Sofía Vergara Says Her Face Hasn't Seen the Sun Since the '90s |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/a44267164/sofia-vergara-toty-launch-interview-2023/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814121228/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/a44267164/sofia-vergara-toty-launch-interview-2023/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Manso |first=James |date=2023-06-21 |title=Sofia Vergara Rethinks Sun Care With Toty Launch |url=https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/sofia-vergara-rethinks-sun-care-with-toty-makeup-skin-care-1235698548/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=WWD |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814121222/https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/sofia-vergara-rethinks-sun-care-with-toty-makeup-skin-care-1235698548/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last= |title=Sofia Vergara's Beauty Brand Toty Is Here! Meet Your New SPF Essentials |url=https://people.com/sofia-vergara-lanches-beauty-brand-toty-shares-skin-secrets-interview-exclusive-7553871 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814121228/https://people.com/sofia-vergara-lanches-beauty-brand-toty-shares-skin-secrets-interview-exclusive-7553871 |url-status=live}} The brand is named after her childhood nickname.

Vergara has naturally blonde hair. For movies and television, she is sometimes asked to color her hair dark brown or black to make her look more stereotypically Hispanic.{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/13/sofia-vergara-in-self-im-_n_714953.html |title=Sofia Vergara In 'Self': I'm A Natural Blonde |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=September 13, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2012 |first=Katy |last=Hall |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621112417/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/13/sofia-vergara-in-self-im-_n_714953.html |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Celebrity Q+A: Sofia Vergara|url=http://www.familycircle.com/teen/parenting/celebrity-parents/sofia-vergara/|publisher=Family Circle|access-date=December 17, 2012|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925133007/http://www.familycircle.com/teen/parenting/celebrity-parents/sofia-vergara/|url-status=dead}} Vergara was married at the age of 18 to her high-school sweetheart, Joe Gonzalez. They have a son named Manolo, who was born in Colombia on September 16, 1991.{{cite news|last=Orfanides|first=Effie|date=September 20, 2023|title=All About Sofía Vergara's Son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara|url=https://people.com/all-about-manolo-gonzalez-vergara-sofia-vergara-son-7502686|url-status=live|work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827171657/https://people.com/all-about-manolo-gonzalez-vergara-sofia-vergara-son-7502686|archive-date=August 27, 2023|access-date=December 21, 2023}} They divorced in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/sofia_vergara/biography/0,,,00.html |title=Celebrity Central: Sofia Vergara |publisher=People |access-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026045918/http://www.people.com/people/sofia_vergara/biography/0%2C%2C%2C00.html |url-status=dead}} Vergara and her boyfriend Nick Loeb became engaged in 2012 after dating for two years. On May 23, 2014, Vergara announced that the engagement had been called off.{{cite news|last1=D&Apos|first1=Christie|date=May 24, 2014|title=Sofia Vergara, Nick Loeb split up, call off engagement|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-sofia-vergara-split-nick-loeb-20140524-story.html|access-date=May 24, 2014|archive-date=May 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524225430/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-sofia-vergara-split-nick-loeb-20140524-story.html|url-status=live}} Vergara and True Blood star Joe Manganiello became engaged on Christmas Eve 2014 after dating for six months.{{cite news|last1=Marquina|first1=Sierra|date=December 29, 2014|title=Sofia Vergara Engaged to Joe Manganiello After Dating for Only Six Months!|work=Us Weekly|publisher=usmagazine.com|agency=Wenner Media LLC|location=United States|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sofia-vergara-engaged-to-joe-manganiello-after-dating-six-months-20142912|access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927110416/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sofia-vergara-engaged-to-joe-manganiello-after-dating-six-months-20142912/|url-status=live}} They married in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 21, 2015.{{Cite web |last=Sutton |first=Joe |date=2015-11-21 |title=Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello to marry this weekend |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/21/entertainment/sofia-vergara-joe-manganiello-wedding/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Joyce |date=2015-11-21 |title=Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello Marry: Everything We Know About Their Wedding |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sofia-vergara-joe-manganiello-marry-everything-we-know-about-their-wedding-w158215/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Us Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704150221/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sofia-vergara-joe-manganiello-marry-everything-we-know-about-their-wedding-w158215/ |url-status=live}} On July 17, 2023, Vergara and Manganiello announced to Page Six that they have separated and are planning to divorce after seven years of marriage.{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Esther|title=Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello Are Divorcing After 7 Years of Marriage|date=July 17, 2023|access-date=July 17, 2023|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-divorce-after-7-years-of-marriage-7562148|archive-date=July 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718031424/https://people.com/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-divorce-after-7-years-of-marriage-7562148|url-status=live}} The divorce was finalized in February 2024.{{Cite web |title=Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello Finalize Divorce 7 Months After Initial Filing |url=https://people.com/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-finalize-divorce-7963388 |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=February 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210032031/https://people.com/sofia-vergara-and-joe-manganiello-finalize-divorce-7963388 |url-status=live }} She dated orthopedic surgeon Justin Saliman.{{Cite web |title=Sofía Vergara Reveals How Her Tattoo for Ex Joe Manganiello Nods to Her New Boyfriend: 'Recycle' |url=https://people.com/sofia-vergara-reveals-how-her-tattoo-for-ex-joe-manganiello-nods-to-her-new-boyfriend-8656523 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Ken |date=2024-04-16 |title=Sofia Vergara Goes Instagram Official With Boyfriend Justin Saliman |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/sofia-vergara-goes-instagram-official-with-boyfriend-justin-saliman/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Us Weekly |language=en-US}}

Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000 at the age of 28.{{cite web |title=Sofía Vergara Honors World Cancer Day: 'Today, I Get to Call Myself a Cancer Survivor' |url=https://people.com/health/sofia-vergara-honors-world-cancer-day-today-i-get-to-call-myself-a-cancer-survivor/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215004735/https://people.com/health/sofia-vergara-honors-world-cancer-day-today-i-get-to-call-myself-a-cancer-survivor/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Sofia Vergara Reveals Cancer Diagnosis {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/115795_Sofia_Vergara_Reveals_Cancer_Diagnosis |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=www.etonline.com |date=November 4, 2011 |language=en-US |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215004735/https://www.etonline.com/news/115795_Sofia_Vergara_Reveals_Cancer_Diagnosis |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Erin |date=2013-06-07 |title=Sofia Vergara Opens Up About Life After Thyroid Cancer: 'It Shouldn't Be a Dramatic Thing' |url=https://parade.com/20839/erinhill/sofia-vergara-opens-up-about-life-after-thyroid-cancer-it-shouldnt-be-a-dramatic-thing/ |website=Parade |access-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215004734/https://parade.com/20839/erinhill/sofia-vergara-opens-up-about-life-after-thyroid-cancer-it-shouldnt-be-a-dramatic-thing/ |url-status=live}} She had her thyroid removed, underwent radioiodine therapy, and made a full recovery.{{cite web |url=http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411050,00.html |title=Sofia Vergara Beats Thyroid Cancer |publisher=health.com |access-date=August 1, 2011 |date=April 21, 2008 |first=Jennifer |last=Graham Kizer |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205140234/https://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411050,00.html |url-status=live}} She takes medication to prevent hypothyroidism.{{cite news|url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/the-workout-sofia-vergara-hates-to-exercise/?ref=health|title=The Workout: Sofia Vergara Hates to Exercise|work=The New York Times|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013|first=Anahad|last=O'Connor|archive-date=May 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507031612/http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/the-workout-sofia-vergara-hates-to-exercise/?ref=health|url-status=live}} On May 9, 2011, Vergara's younger brother Julio was deported from the United States to Colombia after being arrested in April that year; Julio also had a longtime drug addiction and previous brushes with the law.{{cite news|title="Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara's brother deported to Colombia |author=Casey Glynn |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/modern-family-star-sofia-vergaras-brother-deported-to-colombia/ |work=CBS News |url-status=live |date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804155932/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20087520-504083.html |archive-date=August 4, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Sofia Vergara's Brother Julio Deported|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/sofia-vergaras-brother-ju_n_917021.html|work=The Huffington Post|first=Katy|last=Hall|date=August 3, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175358/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/sofia-vergaras-brother-ju_n_917021.html|url-status=live}} Vergara told Parade magazine, "To see somebody dying over 10 years, little by little, that's the worst punishment. Now he's like another person."{{cite news|title="Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara's brother deported to Colombia |author=Casey Glynn |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/modern-family-star-sofia-vergaras-brother-deported-to-colombia/ |work=CBS News |url-status=live |date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022184724/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20087520-504083.html |archive-date=October 22, 2011}} During her December 2014 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Vergara revealed that she had become a United States citizen after getting a perfect score on her citizenship test.{{cite web|url=http://www.whosay.com/articles/5705-sofia-vergara-tells-jimmy-kimmel-how-she-became-a-naturalized-us-citizen-video-watch|title=This Is How Sofia Vergara Nailed Her American Citizenship Test|publisher=WhoSay|last=Marin|first=Alex|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220034054/http://www.whosay.com/articles/5705-sofia-vergara-tells-jimmy-kimmel-how-she-became-a-naturalized-us-citizen-video-watch|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://time.com/3617911/sofia-vergara-us-citizen-jimmy-kimmel/|title=Watch Sofia Vergara Explain How She Became a U.S. Citizen|newspaper=Time|last=Grossman|first=Samantha|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204190213/http://time.com/3617911/sofia-vergara-us-citizen-jimmy-kimmel/|url-status=live}}

From 2015 to 2017, Vergara was involved in a legal dispute regarding the future of two fertilized embryos produced by in vitro fertilization while she was still in a relationship with Loeb;{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32547470 |title=TV star Sofia Vergara in battle over frozen embryos |date=May 1, 2015 |publisher=BBC |access-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529164222/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32547470 |url-status=live}} the embryos were kept in storage in cryopreservation in a medical clinic in California. Following the couple's split in 2014, Loeb filed a lawsuit for custody of the embryos in a California court, but he later dropped that lawsuit when the court demanded that Loeb identify two women who had abortions after he had impregnated them.{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Chee Hoe |date=2016-12-12 |title=Actress Sofia Vergara to be sued 'by her own embryos' |url=https://www.progress.org.uk/actress-sofia-vergara-to-be-sued-by-her-own-embryos/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=PET |language=en-GB}} In December 2016, a right-to-life lawsuit against Vergara was initiated in Louisiana with Vergara's embryos as plaintiffs.{{Cite web |title=Sofia Vergara's embryos are suing her for their right-to-life. How? {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3117761/sofia-vergaras-embryos-are-suing-her-for-their-right-to-life-how/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Global News |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026203817/https://globalnews.ca/news/3117761/sofia-vergaras-embryos-are-suing-her-for-their-right-to-life-how/ |url-status=live }}

The embryos were named "Emma" and "Isabella" in the lawsuit, and their "trustee" was listed as James Charbonnet, a New Orleans resident of no relation to Vergara.{{Cite web |last=Palazzo |first=Chiara |date=2016-12-08 |title=Actress Sofia Vergara sued by her frozen embryos for the right to life |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/actress-sofia-vergara-sued-by-her-frozen-embryos-for-the-right-to-life-20161209-gt7b1r.html |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026203818/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/actress-sofia-vergara-sued-by-her-frozen-embryos-for-the-right-to-life-20161209-gt7b1r.html |url-status=live }} The intent of the suit was to give the embryos a chance to further develop using a surrogate carrier, hence to be born, and to benefit from an inheritance trust that had been created for them and is administered by Charbonnet.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/08/crazy-vergara-embryo-case-could-open-floodgates.html|author=Brandy Zadrozny|author-link=Brandy Zadrozny|title=Sofia Vergara Embryo Case Could Open Floodgates|publisher=The Daily Beast|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209021736/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/08/crazy-vergara-embryo-case-could-open-floodgates.html|url-status=live}} Loeb had written "Keeping them frozen forever is tantamount to killing them," in a 2015 op-ed in The New York Times.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Sofía Vergara’s Ex-Fiancé: Our Frozen Embryos Have a Right to Live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/opinion/sofiavergaras-ex-fiance-our-frozen-embryos-have-a-right-to-live.html?_r=1 |work=nytimes.com}} The suit also tried to terminate parental rights of Vergara because by keeping them in cryopreservation in a medical clinic she allegedly abandoned and neglected the embryos. The legal case was novel and took advantage of Louisiana's embryo laws; the state passed a law in 1986 that declares embryos to be "juridical persons", giving embryos the right to sue or be sued.{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Ruth |date=2016-12-08 |title=Sofia Vergara’s Frozen Embryos, "Emma" and "Isabella," Are Suing Her |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/12/sofia-vergaras-frozen-embryos-emma-and-isabella-are-suing-her.html |access-date=2024-12-03 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}} In August 2017, a Louisiana judge dismissed the case on the grounds that the court had no jurisdiction over the embryos, which were conceived in California.{{cite web |title=Louisiana judge rules Sofia Vergara's frozen embryos are 'citizens of California' |url=https://womenintheworld.com/2017/08/30/sofia-vergara-picks-up-major-legal-victory-in-bitter-dispute-over-frozen-embryos |website=Women in the World |access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=August 30, 2017 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828023506/https://womenintheworld.com/2017/08/30/sofia-vergara-picks-up-major-legal-victory-in-bitter-dispute-over-frozen-embryos/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Downs |first1=Ray |title=Judge says Sofia Vergara's frozen embryos are 'citizens of California' |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2017/09/01/Judge-says-Sofia-Vergaras-frozen-embryos-are-citizens-of-California/9471504244441 |website=United Press International |access-date=March 13, 2020 |language=en |date=September 1, 2017 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212955/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2017/09/01/Judge-says-Sofia-Vergaras-frozen-embryos-are-citizens-of-California/9471504244441/ |url-status=live}}

In 2024, Vergara launched Dios Mios Coffee, a brand devoted to elevating female Colombian growers.{{cite web | url=https://coffeeroast.com/roaster/dios-mio-coffee | title=Dios Mio Coffee }}{{Cite web |title=Sofía Vergara Created Her New Colombian Coffee Line Out of 'Personal Necessity': 'I Have a Very High Bar' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/sofia-vergara-announces-new-colombian-coffee-line-dios-mio-coffee-8656854 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=People.com |language=en}}

She has Italian origins.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Vita di Sofia Vergara, scena dopo scena |url=https://www.marieclaire.it/attualita/gossip/a39785955/vita-di-sofia-vergara-scena-dopo-scena/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Marie Claire |language=it-IT}}

• 2009 Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton

File:Sofia Vergara at Golden Globes Red Carpet 2020.png in January 2020]]In 2014, Vergara was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes; her position was 38 the previous year.{{cite web |url=https://colombiareports.com/colombias-shakira-sofia-vergara-among-worlds-powerful-women-forbes/ |title=Colombia's Shakira and Sofia Vergara among world's 'most powerful' women: Forbes |last=Nachiappan |first=Arthi |date=May 29, 2014 |publisher=Colombia Reports |access-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124205715/https://colombiareports.com/colombias-shakira-sofia-vergara-among-worlds-powerful-women-forbes/ |url-status=live}}

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