ah I am Sofia going Amazon man this
curvaceous Colombian is jaw-droppingly
beautiful and devilishly funny welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the life and career
of Sofia Vergara what are we talking
about Sofia Margarita Vergara Vergara
was born July 10th 1972 in Barranquilla
Colombia I come from a small village
very poor but very very beautiful is the
number one village in know Colombia for
all day what’s the word murders the
murders Vergara and her five siblings
were raised in a wealthy conservative
and religious family so after attending
a bilingual Catholic High School she
enrolled in pre-dentistry if you would
have been a dentist that would have been
dudes kicking each other in the mouth
during her school years the 17 year old
was discovered by a photographer while
on a Colombian beach pretty soon she was
working as a model and earned a starring
role in a latin-american TV ad for Diet
Pepsi by the time she was 18 Vergara
married her highschool boyfriend
two years later the pair had a son but
divorced soon after Vergara eventually
decided to leave school just shy of
graduation to pursue her showbiz dreams
it wasn’t long before her career began
to take off her stunning good looks and
five-foot-seven frame helped her become
a runway model in Bogota in addition
from 1995 to 98 she co-hosted the
Spanish travel series Puerta de sitio
which took her to foreign spots around
the world introduced her to the US
market and made her a Latin American
star sadly for gaara’s family became
victims of the social unrest in Colombia
when her brother was killed in 1998
during an attempted kidnapping this
prompted the star to relocate to Miami
with her son mother and sister Vergara
leveraged her talent and beauty to win a
job as co-host of Univision
spanish-language gameshow Akane know Tia
Davis while also modeling for posters
and swimsuit calendars unfortunately
tragedy struck again in 2000 when she
was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after
surgery and treatment
went into remission and made a full
recovery regards back from her illness
by relocating to Los Angeles and making
her feature film debut in the 2002 tim
allen comedy big trouble as a mexican
house maid the next year she portrayed a
hot-headed waitress in the ensemble
Latino comedy film chasing papi and
landed the prominent part without ever
taking an acting class the model turned
actress then landed a string of bit
parts and films like the 24th day soul
plane Lords of Dogtown for brothers and
grilled ABC also gave her guest roles on
several of their sitcoms and she made a
cameo in the season 4 premiere of
Entourage Vergara then joined the cast
of the Colombian version of Desperate
Housewives where she played the
counterpart to the American versions
Mary Alice Young Alicia Oviedo in 2009
Vergara was nominated for an American
Latino media arts award for best actress
and film for her role in the Tyler Perry
flick Madea Goes to Jail she also took
on her biggest challenge yet by playing
matron mama Morton in a stage version of
Chicago
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but her true breakthrough came when she
was chosen to play spicy mom Gloria
Delgado Pritchett on the mockumentary
style sitcom Modern Family for the role
Vergara was asked to dye her naturally
blonde hair dark so she resembled a
stereotypical latina the part earned
regard of honors and made her a
household name across the globe Oh
beautiful dress thank you fee says don’t
not feel her by 2011 she had truly made
it in Hollywood she landed roles in the
blockbusters The Smurfs the Shrek
spin-off Puss in Boots and Happy Feet 2
and also starred alongside the ensemble
cast of the seasonal rom-com New Year’s
Eve listen Ava I was hoping maybe you
could help me out
ah what is it is it writer’s block
because his biddies
I’ve been jotting down these lyrics
they’re in his Spanish now but I’m going
to translate the girl come come Eva no
not like this
Vergara then returned to her roots by
working with Pepsi before she became the
face of covergirl she even found time
between shoots and Modern Family to play
a woman trying to exploit the
half-witted comedic trio in 2012’s The
Three Stooges one of the wittiest
actresses on the scene today Sofia
Vergara isn’t just a pretty face or a
global sex symbol with her trademark
charm accent and beauty it was a big
gulp cake it’s no wonder she’s become a
crossover success for more great bios of
your favorite actors subscribe and tune
in to watchmojo.com
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curvaceous Colombian is jaw-droppingly
beautiful and devilishly funny welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the life and career
of Sofia Vergara what are we talking
about Sofia Margarita Vergara Vergara
was born July 10th 1972 in Barranquilla
Colombia I come from a small village
very poor but very very beautiful is the
number one village in know Colombia for
all day what’s the word murders the
murders Vergara and her five siblings
were raised in a wealthy conservative
and religious family so after attending
a bilingual Catholic High School she
enrolled in pre-dentistry if you would
have been a dentist that would have been
dudes kicking each other in the mouth
during her school years the 17 year old
was discovered by a photographer while
on a Colombian beach pretty soon she was
working as a model and earned a starring
role in a latin-american TV ad for Diet
Pepsi by the time she was 18 Vergara
married her highschool boyfriend
two years later the pair had a son but
divorced soon after Vergara eventually
decided to leave school just shy of
graduation to pursue her showbiz dreams
it wasn’t long before her career began
to take off her stunning good looks and
five-foot-seven frame helped her become
a runway model in Bogota in addition
from 1995 to 98 she co-hosted the
Spanish travel series Puerta de sitio
which took her to foreign spots around
the world introduced her to the US
market and made her a Latin American
star sadly for gaara’s family became
victims of the social unrest in Colombia
when her brother was killed in 1998
during an attempted kidnapping this
prompted the star to relocate to Miami
with her son mother and sister Vergara
leveraged her talent and beauty to win a
job as co-host of Univision
spanish-language gameshow Akane know Tia
Davis while also modeling for posters
and swimsuit calendars unfortunately
tragedy struck again in 2000 when she
was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after
surgery and treatment
went into remission and made a full
recovery regards back from her illness
by relocating to Los Angeles and making
her feature film debut in the 2002 tim
allen comedy big trouble as a mexican
house maid the next year she portrayed a
hot-headed waitress in the ensemble
Latino comedy film chasing papi and
landed the prominent part without ever
taking an acting class the model turned
actress then landed a string of bit
parts and films like the 24th day soul
plane Lords of Dogtown for brothers and
grilled ABC also gave her guest roles on
several of their sitcoms and she made a
cameo in the season 4 premiere of
Entourage Vergara then joined the cast
of the Colombian version of Desperate
Housewives where she played the
counterpart to the American versions
Mary Alice Young Alicia Oviedo in 2009
Vergara was nominated for an American
Latino media arts award for best actress
and film for her role in the Tyler Perry
flick Madea Goes to Jail she also took
on her biggest challenge yet by playing
matron mama Morton in a stage version of
Chicago
[Music]
but her true breakthrough came when she
was chosen to play spicy mom Gloria
Delgado Pritchett on the mockumentary
style sitcom Modern Family for the role
Vergara was asked to dye her naturally
blonde hair dark so she resembled a
stereotypical latina the part earned
regard of honors and made her a
household name across the globe Oh
beautiful dress thank you fee says don’t
not feel her by 2011 she had truly made
it in Hollywood she landed roles in the
blockbusters The Smurfs the Shrek
spin-off Puss in Boots and Happy Feet 2
and also starred alongside the ensemble
cast of the seasonal rom-com New Year’s
Eve listen Ava I was hoping maybe you
could help me out
ah what is it is it writer’s block
because his biddies
I’ve been jotting down these lyrics
they’re in his Spanish now but I’m going
to translate the girl come come Eva no
not like this
Vergara then returned to her roots by
working with Pepsi before she became the
face of covergirl she even found time
between shoots and Modern Family to play
a woman trying to exploit the
half-witted comedic trio in 2012’s The
Three Stooges one of the wittiest
actresses on the scene today Sofia
Vergara isn’t just a pretty face or a
global sex symbol with her trademark
charm accent and beauty it was a big
gulp cake it’s no wonder she’s become a
crossover success for more great bios of
your favorite actors subscribe and tune
in to watchmojo.com
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