Sofía Vergara Biography
Sofa Vergara is an actress and model from Colombia and the United States. From 2013 through 2020, Vergara was the highest-paid actress on American television.
Sofía Vergara Age
Vergara is 49 years as of 2021. She was born Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara on 10 July 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Sofía Vergara Height
Vergara stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7m).
Sofía Vergara Family
Vergara’s mother, Margarita Vergara de Vergara, was a stay-at-home mom, and her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, worked as a livestock rancher. Her five brothers and several cousins dubbed her “Toti.” Rafael, her older brother, was murdered in a kidnapping attempt in 1998. Vergara went to the United States, landing in Miami, Florida, to avoid being caught up in the unrest that led to the murder. Sandra, her cousin and adopted sister, is a TV actress in the United States.
Sofía Vergara Husband
Vergara married Joe Gonzalez, her high school sweetheart, when she was 18 years old. Manolo, the couple’s son, was born in September 1991. In 1993, they divorced. After dating for two years, Vergara and her boyfriend Nick Loeb got engaged in 2012. The engagement was called off on May 23, 2014, according to Vergara. After dating for six months, Vergara and True Blood actor Joe Manganiello got engaged on Christmas Day 2014. On November 21, 2015, they married in Palm Beach, Florida.
Sofía Vergara Education
Vergara studied dentistry for three years at the National University of Colombia, but she dropped out two semesters short of completing her degree to pursue modeling and show business chances.
Sofía Vergara Cancer
In the year 2000, Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She had her thyroid removed and radioiodine therapy, and she recovered completely. To prevent hypothyroidism, she takes medication.
Sofía Vergara Weight Loss
Vergara eats a very healthy diet and avoids large meals, fats, or alcohol late at night, instead opting for healthy foods like sushi and salads, as she enjoys fish, Mediterranean cuisine, and green vegetables. When the actor goes on vacation, though, she lets free entirely and then returns to a strict, clean-eating regimen.
Sofía Vergara Weight Loss
Sofia was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the age of 28 and had her thyroid removed; as a result, the actor suffers from hypothyroidism, a condition in which the body does not receive enough thyroid hormone. Weight gain, dry skin, metabolic problems, cold sensitivity, and weariness are all common hypothyroidism symptoms. Sofia needs to put in extra effort not only because of her work, but also because of her sickness, to constantly look her best because the majority of her job is based on her appearance.
Sofia despises going to the gym, but she works out and incorporates exercises such as dumbbell split squats, lateral raise, crunches, pull-downs, planks, slingshot, elevator lunge, dumbell wall sit, tailbone angel, side leg sweep, cheerleader arm circle, and others to stay in shape, thanks to her personal trainer Gunnar Peterson, who, according to multiple media reports, is very strict with her and does not fall for Sofia’s many excuse Sofia works out with two personal trainers, one of which is Jennifer Yates, and she believes that this keeps her motivated, focused, and enthusiastic about her workouts. Even while the fact that the actor visits the gym five times a week for 50-minute workouts may make her appear to be a gym rat, she always tries to avoid working out and is relieved when she is done.
Sofía Vergara Salary
Vergara earns an annual salary of $500 Thousand. According to a Forbes.com list published on July 18, 2012, Vergara was the highest-paid woman in American television, earning $19 million in the previous year. Forbes projected Vergara’s annual income to be $28.5 million in 2015.
Sofía Vergara Net Worth
Vergara has an estimated net worth of $180 Million.
Sofía Vergara Blonde
Vergara’s hair is naturally blonde. She is occasionally asked to dye her hair dark brown or black for movies and television to make her look more stereotypically Hispanic.
Sofía Vergara Career
Vergara was noticed by a photographer while wandering on a Colombian beach, and she received modeling and television offers almost immediately. “I was concerned about performing my first television commercial—until her Catholic schoolteachers gave her personal permission to pursue the job,” she says. She made her debut appearance in a Pepsi commercial in Latin America when she was 17 years old. She then enrolled in the Creative Workshops School of Acting, where Gloria Estefan had previously studied.
Vergara was selected the face of CoverGirl in 2011, with the first ads airing in January 2012. She starred in a Diet Pepsi commercial with David Beckham in April 2011 and another in January 2012. Vergara also starred in a series of advertisements for Comcast’s Xfinity brand and State Farm in 2011, as well as developing a clothing line for Kmart aimed at soccer parents. The Paperboy, a Lee Daniels-directed independent drama, was planned to star Vergara. She dropped out because shooting was delayed for a week and conflicted with her schedule for the third season of Modern Family. In July 2011, she finished filming The Three Stooges, her first leading part in a major picture, with the Farrelly brothers. She made an appearance on her son Manolo’s YouTube web series Vida con Toty in April 2012.
Vergara was named one of People magazine’s “50 most attractive people” and one of the most powerful Latin women in Hollywood by The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. On May 7, 2015, Vergara was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, she received endorsement deals with Diet Pepsi, Rooms To Go, and Synthroid, a thyroid medication. From 2010 to 2013, she played Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC comedy Modern Family, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Vergara became a brand ambassador for Head & Shoulders, an anti-dandruff shampoo company based in the United States, in 2014. The Human Rights Campaign issued a video in June 2016 in honor of the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in it, Vergara and others recalled the tales of those who were killed. According to Forbes, Vergara was the highest-paid actress on television in September 2016, earning $43 million in the previous year. Vergara settled with Venus Concept in March 2017 over the improper use of her likeness, which she said gave the misleading impression that she endorsed their beauty goods. Vergara was revealed as a judge on America’s Got Talent in February 2020, beginning with the sixteenth season.
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