Biography
Birth name Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara
Other names La Toti
Birth date July 10, 1972
Birth place Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Eye color Hazel
Hair color Blonde
Height 5' 7" (170 cm)
Nationality Colombian
Ethnicity White hispanic
Occupation Actress, comedian, model, television host
Years active 1995–present
She grew up in her hometown of Barranquilla and was raised as a devout Catholic in a well-off family, attending a private bilingual Spanish/English school. She speaks Spanish and English both very well, (with a Midwestern accent in English).
Her mother, Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, is a homemaker, and her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, produced cattle for the meat industry. She grew up on her father's farm, where for recreation and exercise, she liked to swim in a river and ride horses.
Career
Vergara had been widely known for co-hosting two TV shows for Univisión in the late 1990s. Her TV career opened up for her a window of exposure to North American audiences prior to her first notable acting job in English, the 2003 film Chasing Papi. Subsequently, she appeared in films, including two Tyler Perry films, Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009), receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter.
Vergara currently stars on the critically acclaimed ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Sofia Vergara is 5' 8" tall, and she has naturally blonde/sunbleached hair. (For films and TV, Sofia Vergara is frequently required to dye it brunette to make her look more "Latina".) As for her figure, she says that she has been built this way since she was 13 years old, and it is all 100% natural.
