Sofía Vergara

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sofía Vergara

• Sofía Vergara grew up in Atlántico, Colombia.

  

• After completing her school education, she studied dentistry for three years but left two semesters before its completion to become a model and actress.

• During the 1990s, when Sofía Vergara was walking on a beach in Colombia, a photographer noticed her and offered her modeling and television jobs.

• When she was 17 years old, she first appeared in a Pepsi commercial in Latin America.

  

• When she was 18 years old, she married her high school friend, Joe Gonzalez.

• In 1994, Sofía Vergara co-founded Latin World Entertainment (LWE), a talent management and entertainment marketing firm in the United States.

• In 1998, her older brother, Rafael, was killed in Colombia during a kidnapping attempt.

• After his death, she moved to Miami, Florida, in the United States to avoid questioning.

• After that, Sofía Vergara began learning acting at a Creative Workshops School in America.

• In 2000, when she was 28 years old, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

• She then underwent radioiodine therapy and had her thyroid removed, and fully recovered. After that, she took medication to prevent hypothyroidism.

• In 2009, Sofía Vergara performed as Matron Mama Morton on Broadway in Chicago for six weeks.

• It was then announced that she would work in The Paperboy, but filming was delayed and clashed with her television show Modern Family schedule, so she left.

• In 2009, Sofía Vergara played the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the television series Modern Family, which aired on ABC.

  

• She then went on to appear in many television series, such as The Cleveland Show (2013), The Simpsons (2016), Germany’s Next Top Model (2023), and Griselda (2024).

• In July 2011, she appeared in the film The Three Stooges. In the film, she portrayed a woman who tricks the Three Stooges into trying to kill her husband for money.

• Sofía Vergara then went on to appear in many films, such as Machete Kills (2013), The Emoji Movie (2017), Koati (2021), and Despicable Me 4 (2024).

• In 2011, she opened a Kmart clothing line for soccer mothers.

• That same year, she became the face of the magazine CoverGirl.

• In April 2011 and January 2012, she was featured in Diet Pepsi commercials with David Beckham.

  

• In 2011, she was also featured in advertisements for Comcast’s Xfinity and State Farm.

• On 9 May 2011, her younger brother, Julio Vergara, was deported to Colombia after he was arrested in a drug-related case.

• Once, during a media conversation, Sofía Vergara shared that her brother struggled with drug addiction for years, and it was painful to watch.

• In April 2012, she appeared in the YouTube series Vida con Toty, which was directed by her son, Manolo.

• In 2013, she signed endorsement deals with Diet Pepsi, Rooms To Go, and the medicine Synthroid.

• That year, Sofía Vergara established a furniture line with Rooms To Go, which aimed to create stylish and affordable furniture.

• In 2014, she was appointed as the brand ambassador for Head & Shoulders shampoo.

  

• In 2014, she launched her first fragrance, Sofia by Sofia Vergara. Later, she released four more.

• In December 2014, Sofía Vergara became a U.S. citizen.

• On 7 May 2015, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

  

• From 2015 to 2017, she had a legal dispute with Nick Loeb, her former boyfriend, over two frozen embryos.

• After their breakup, Nick Loeb sued for custody of the embryos in California. However, later, he dropped the case when the court asked him to name two women who had had abortions after he impregnated them.

• In 2015, during a media interview, Nick Loeb said that keeping the embryos frozen was like killing them.

• In June 2016, she appeared in a music video which honoured the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

  

• In December 2016, a right-to-life case was filed against Vergara in Louisiana. In this case, the embryos were listed as suers.

• The embryos were named Emma and Isabella. Their ‘trustee’ was named as James Charbonnet, a New Orleans resident who was not related to Vergara.

• The case aimed to have the embryos born via a surrogate so they could inherit a trust fund.

• The case also tried to remove Vergara’s parental rights and claimed that she left and neglected the embryos by keeping them in storage.

• It was considered unique because it used the embryo laws of Louisiana.

• In March 2017, her legal dispute was settled with Venus Concept, who used her image without permission.

• In August 2017, a Louisiana judge dismissed the embryo case and ruled that the court had no authority since the embryos were conceived in California.

• In August 2017, Sofía Vergara co-founded EBY, an innerwear brand for women.

• In February 2020, she joined the television reality show America’s Got Talent Season 15 as a judge. She continued as a judge in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

• In June 2023, she founded a beauty brand, Toty, which was named after her childhood nickname.

  

• In 2024, she became the first Latina born in a Latin American country to be nominated for an Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series or film for her role as Griselda Blanco in the film Griselda.

• In 2024, Sofía Vergara launched a brand named Dios Mios Coffee, which supported female Colombian coffee growers.

• She has Italian ancestry.

• Sofía Vergara works as a brand ambassador for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Kiva.

• She has been featured on the covers of many magazines and tabloids.

  

• Sofía Vergara is an animal lover and has a pet dog. She often shares pictures of her pet on social media.

  

• She is often spotted enjoying alcohol on various occasions.

  

• Sofía Vergara often enjoys smoking cigarettes.