Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian-American actress, comedienne, producer, television host, model and businesswoman.
Sofia Vergara was widely known for co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univisión in the late 1990s. Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi (2003). Subsequently, she appeared in other films, including Four Brothers (2005) and two Tyler Perry films—Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter. Vergara’s success on television has earned her roles in recent films The Smurfs(2011), New Year’s Eve (2011), Happy Feet Two (2011), The Three Stooges (2012),Escape from Planet Earth (2013), Machete Kills (2013), and Chef (2014). In 2012 and 2013, she was the top-earning actress on US television.
Vergara stars on the ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014, Sofia Vergara was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
In 2011, Sofia Vergara was named the new face of CoverGirl, with the first advertisements appearing in January 2012. In April 2011, Vergara appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial with David Beckham and another in January 2012.
In 2011, it was announced that Sofia Vergara is designing a clothing line for Kmart targeting soccer moms and appeared in a number of commercials for Comcast’s Xfinity brand and State Farm.
In 2013, Sofia Vergara signed endorsement contracts with Diet Pepsi, Rooms To Go, and medicine Synthroid