Sofía Vergara, the Colombian who won Hollywood
A woman who knows very well the meaning of sowing and then reap the wonderful fruits, a warrior, a lover of challenges, a being that the word fear does not exist in her vocabulary, are some of the most outstanding characteristics of the most famous Colombian woman. Hollywood.
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara, was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on July 10, 1972, is a Colombian actress, businesswoman and model.
She started her entertainment career as a commercial and runway model. She was hired by the Pepsi soft drink brand to be part of her advertising campaign in her native Colombia. Thanks to her work, she became known in the world of television.
Being an ambitious woman in terms of work, Sofía was very clear that she would take her career to another level, not only to be recognized in her country, she wanted to cross the border. And that was how she decided to emigrate to the United States and start writing a new chapter in show business.
Upon arriving in the city of Miami, she signed an exclusive contract with the Hispanic television network Univisión and began to work on various projects, some of them as the presenter of Out of Series and A que no te dares. She was also the host of La Bomba. for a local station in New York, he also participated in some novels such as Acapulco, body and soul, Fire in the blood, among others. She is definitely a versatile woman in her field of work, with the sole purpose of making known her excellent performance in the workplace.
Sofía felt that her stay in Miami would not last long, since her desire to carry out large projects were not in that city, so she decided and left for Los Angeles, a place where the participation of Latino actors was not very common at that time. However, the challenges for this Colombian were not reasons for fear.
Vergara didn't get many job offers when she started acting in Los Angeles. At the auditions they did not know where to put her because she was not a brunette, something that did not go with the image of the stereotypical Latin girl.
Her entry into the English-speaking market began with her participation as a presenter at the American Comedy Awards for the Fox network, where she met director Barry Sonnenfeld, who offered her the role of Nina in Disney's Big Trouble. She has starred in and participated in such films as Chasing Papi, Soul Plane, The 24th hour, Lords of Dogtown, Grilled, Pledge this, and Four Brothers.
She produced the famous American series Desperate Housewives in a Latin version, a series that was very well received by the Hispanic public. In 2009 she was hired on Broadway to play Mamma Morton in the musical Chicago. She is currently part of the cast of the Modern Family series, playing a Colombian named Gloria.
Sofía, in addition to being an actress and model, also broke ground in the world of fashion, creating her own clothing line called Vergara by Sofía. Pieces of clothing designed for any type of woman, executive, student or housewife, in order to highlight the feminine beauty in all her creations.
Vergara in 2015 became the second Colombian to obtain a star on the walk of fame, an award given to her to highlight her great work in the world of entertainment and for being an example to follow among Latin American and female society.
The life of this Colombian also has the curious side of it, here we tell you some of them:
- During her adolescence, her friends and family called the actress "La toti"
- The actress is naturally blonde. But she decided to dye brown when she started casting for Latino characters in the US.
- She initially she was not going to dedicate herself to show business. Sofía Vergara began studying dentistry.
- At 28, the actress overcame thyroid cancer
- When she moved from Colombia to the US, she stopped eating meat because she did not taste the same. Since then, she has not eaten meat in that country.
A woman who has fought to meet her goals and to continue doing what she is most passionate about doing, a being who overcame and overcomes all obstacles that come her way and who only has one thing clear in this life, to do things from the very best. Deep of the heart is the main key to success.
