10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sofia Vergara
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sofia Vergara
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Known for Modern Family’s Gloria, Sofia Vergara has had an incredible career. Here are some fascinating lesser-known facts about the actress.
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Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (yes she has Vergara twice in her full name) or simply Sofia Vergara is arguably the most famous Colombian-American actress in the movie industry. Aside from working as an actress, she is also a television producer, presenter, and model. The actress has been building her career for the past twenty-four years and today she can proudly say that her name is an institution.
Vergara is incredibly intelligent, funny, and beautiful. She is one of those actresses that gets more attractive and gorgeous as the time is passing, it is safe to say that she ages like fine wine. Below, there are ten interesting things about Sofia Vergara’s life and career that you might not be aware of. Check them out and enjoy!
10 Origin
The actress was born on the 10th of July 1972 in a very large family in Barranquilla, Colombia. Vergara has five siblings and countless cousins. Although she lives in the US for the majority of her life, she still carries her Colombian culture and she never forgot her roots, on the contrary, she is very proud of where she comes from.
It seems that Barranquilla has two internationally famous stars; along with Vergara, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, or as the world knows her Shakira, was born in the district.
9 Plan A
After graduation from high school, Vergara went on to study at the University of Colombia. She spent there years there working hard to obtain a diploma in dentistry. This was her plan and she never intended to become an actress until one day when she was at the beach with her family and a scout asked for a picture of her.
Soon after she shot a commercial for Pepsi but still continued her studies for two more years until one moment when she realized she had a real shot at being a model and gave up school to pursue it.
8 Teen Mommy
Aside from her rising career in modeling, Vergara got married as soon as she turned 18 to her high school sweetheart, José González, and a year later they had a son, Manolo. By 20, she decided to call it quits and the couple got divorced. The actress raised her son alone and as soon as he was all grown up he decided to follow her footsteps and become an actor himself.
After 23 years, Vergara got married again in 2015 to her new love Joe Manganiello and it is safe to say that they are one of the most attractive couples in the world.
7 Conquering Broadway
Just after she shot the pilot episode for ABC’s Modern Family, in 2009, the actress also made her Broadway debut. Her role was a prison matron named Mama Morton in the famous show called Chicago. This role is iconic since it is played by Queen Latifah in the movie version.
Having a role in a Broadway show means that it was expected from Vergara to sing and, according to the reviews, she did a pretty good job. The show was performed for two months and it was a success.
6 Controversy
In 2009, the famous show Modern Family started airing and a lot of people began talking about the role that was played by Vergara. Gloria Pritchett was a beautiful and very funny Latina that was married to a significantly older man and this was accepted by many in a way that she was perpetuating Latina Stereotypes.
Thankfully, Vergara was loud in her response when she hit back with the explanation that the character is solely based on the strong Columbian women that she grew up observing such as her mother, aunts, and sisters.
5 Role as a Narrator
The original show Desperate Housewives was an absolute success and not just in the US. The show made such an impact internationally that countless reproductions were made all over the world. The best readaptation was the version that was made in Colombia that was called Amos de Casa Desesperados.
The show’s executive producer was no one other than Sofia Vergara, who also took the job as the narrator of the show that lasted from 2007 to 2011.
4 Businesswoman
Aside from her work as an actress and model, Vergara is a serious businesswoman. She has always had a very strong sense of business and so far she has released her own lines of jewelry, furniture, clothing, and lingerie.
When it comes to furniture, she has a furniture collection called Sofia at Rooms To Go, the clothing line can be found at KMart and the jewelry is located at Kay Jewelers.
3 Accent
Vergara’s accent has been criticized for perhaps being exaggerated. However, this is not true, as Vergara has a very thick accent and this voice is truly her own. On many occasions, she has talked about her exaggerating the accent only a little bit due to the needs of the show but the base is completely real.
It is very common for people who are moving from different parts of the world to keep talking with an accent. It is very sweet.
2 Cancer Survivor
In 2000, Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and for the entire year, she kept it a secret. It is completely understandable for one to keep private this type of information since the experience is traumatic enough without the media chiming in.
Vergara spoke about it for the first time in 2011 and she expressed the difficulty of the situation. To this day, she takes thyroid hormones (Synthroid pill, to be exact) which helps control her metabolism and she regularly does blood tests to check how everything is progressing.
1 Riches Before Fame
Before she gained international fame, Vergara realized that the Latino performers in America needed better representation; therefore, in 1994, she founded a management company alongside her manager Luis Balaguer. They named the company Entertainment or LWE.
After more than twenty years, the company is one of the largest Latin American talent management companies in the country.
Link Source : https://screenrant.com/sofia-vergara-facts-know-modern-family/
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