Biography
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian-American actress and model. She was born on 10 July 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia. After being discovered by a photographer on a beach, she began working as a model and co-hosted Spanish-language television programmes on Univision in the late 1990s.
Her first notable English-language film role came in Chasing Papi (2003). She subsequently appeared in Four Brothers (2005), Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). In 2009 she began playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC series Modern Family, a role she held until 2020. She has voiced characters in animated films including The Smurfs (2011), The Emoji Movie (2017), Strays (2023) and Despicable Me 4 (2024).
Vergara has received multiple nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has served as a judge on America's Got Talent since 2020.
