Sofía Vergara

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara born July 10 1972 is a Colombian and American actress and model She was the highest paid actress in American television from 2013 to 2020 Vergara rose to prominence while cohosting two television shows for Spanishlanguage television network Univision in the late 1990s Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi 2003 She subsequently appeared in Four Brothers 2005 and Tyler Perrys comedies Meet the Browns 2008 and Madea Goes to Jail 2009 receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter In 2009 she began playing Gloria DelgadoPritchett in the ABC comedy series Modern Family for which she was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards four Primetime Emmy Awards and eleven Screen Actors Guild Awards Vergara has also had roles in the films The Smurfs 2011 New Years Eve 2011 The Three Stooges 2012 Machete Kills 2013 Fading Gigolo 2013 Chef 2014 and Hot Pursuit 2015 She also had voiceover roles in the animated films Happy Feet Two 2011 Escape from Planet Earth 2013 and The Emoji Movie 2017 Vergara was also the highestpaid Hollywood actress in 2020 Since 2020 Vergara has been a judge on Americas Got Talent