From Univision to ABC and to Hollywood movies: Sofi?a Margarita Vergara has been on of the most successful crossovers from US Hispanic Market to the General Market. She is one of the most loved personalities of the Latino world. Her stunning and humorous presentation at the American Comedy Awards on Fox in 2001 created a frenzy that ended up with her first Hollywood role. She was photographed for posters swimsuit calendars in 1998, 2000, and 2002.
Sofia Vergara was born on July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia and was raised in a well-off family. She attended a private bilingual Spanish/English school and was married at the age of 18 to her childhood sweetheart. Despite giving birth to a son, Manolo, she broke off the marriage and studied pre-dentistry at a university in Colombia. Later on, she decided to move to Miami, Florida with her family.
While she was walking on a Colombian beach, she was noticed by a photographer who soon presented her with attractive offers in modeling and television work. She made her first appearance on TV, acting in a commercial for Pepsi when only 17 years old. Three years later, she moved to Bogota and worked as a model on both the runway and on television. Together with Fernando Fiore, she became a co-host of Fuera de Serie, which enabled her to visit exotic places around the world. This gave her enough exposure to make her way to American TV, and she soon became a guest star on the HBO series Entourage. Other credits of hers include roles in Big Trouble, My Wife and Kids, Chasing Papi, The 24th Day, Soul Plane and Lords of Dogtown. In 2005, she got the part of Sofi on Four Brothers, and played Lola Hernandez on Hot Properties.
In 2007, Sofia Vergara got the part of Esperanza Villalobos in the ABC comedy The Knights of Prosperity. The series was short-lived, so she moved on to other projects like Dirty Sexy Money and Men in Trees. She has also taken on a role in the Colombian version of Desperate Housewives, which is titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, of which she is also an executive producer.
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