Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (Spanish: [soˈfi.a βeɾˈɣaɾa]; born July 10, 1972)[1][2] is a Colombian and American actress and television personality. She is known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020) and Griselda Blanco in the Netflix miniseries Griselda (2024). She received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards for both performances. The former also established her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the United States.[3][4][5]
Vergara rose to prominence when she was co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univision in the late 1990s. After acting in the English-language film Chasing Papi (2003), she subsequently appeared in Four Brothers (2005) and Tyler Perry's comedies Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). Vergara also acted in New Year's Eve (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Machete Kills (2013), Fading Gigolo (2013), Chef (2014), and Hot Pursuit (2015). She has also had voice-over roles in the animated films Happy Feet Two (2011), The Emoji Movie (2017), and Despicable Me 4 (2024).
Since 2020, Vergara has been a judge on the television talent show America's Got Talent.[6] She is also known as a businesswoman, and brand ambassador. Vergara designs her own fashion line for Kmart and signed with both Pepsi and CoverGirl in 2011. Vergara launched her first fragrance "Sofia by Sofia Vergara" in 2014 and has since released four more fragrances.[7]
She hosted Saturday Night Live on April 7, 2012, the eighteenth episode of Season 37, with musical guests One Direction; which coincidentally, was the first episode for current cast member Kate McKinnon (who later becomes the current longest-serving female cast member in the show's history, at the time). Her son, Manolo Gonzalez, also made a cameo during the opening monologue in that episode.
She was also impersonated by Cecily Strong on the October 11, 2014 episode, during the "Hollywood Game Night" sketch, the April 11, 2015 episode, during the "Home 2 Sneak Peek" sketch, the November 21, 2015 episode during the "Star Wars Auditions" sketch, and finally, the November 4, 2017 episode, during the "Price is Right" sketch
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- Fran Drescher
- Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi
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