Who is Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara and when did she become a judge on AGT?
SOFIA Vergara is a Colombian actress best known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on ABC’s Modern Family.
The show landed her several award nominations and she is the highest paid TV actress in the world as of 2019.
Here is more about Sofia and her rise to fame.
Who is Sofia Vergara?
Sofia Vergara, 48, is a Colombian television actress, designer and producer.
She became prominent in Hollywood as she starred in various Tyler Perry Madea films.
What really kicked off her career was when she landed the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family in 2009.
The actress was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for her work in the show.
She was discovered at a beach in Colombia as a photographer was snapping pictures and was presented with offers of modeling and television work.
Her first TV appearance ever was in a Pepsi commercial when she was 17.
Who is she dating?
Sofia married her high-school sweetheart when she was 18.
She had one son named Manolo who was born in 1991 and then she divorced in 1993.
The actress then became briefly engaged to boyfriend Nick Loeb in 2012 after two years of dating.
However, they called it quits in 2014.
She was then spotted with True Blood’s Joe Mangianello and on Christmas day of 2014, he asked her to marry him.
The couple married in Palm Beach, Florida in November of 2015.
What happened to Modern Family?
Modern Family was an ABC show that ran for 11 seasons and came to an end in April of 2020.
The cast went on to pursue side projects, including Sofia, who was offered a position as a judge on America’s Got Talent.
When did Sofia join the AGT panel?
Rumors surfaced that in February of 2020 she was offered a position as a judge on the show for season 15.
Sofia confirmed her new role on Instagram saying: “I am so happy to join my new family on @agt,” she posted to Instagram in February.
“This is a new and exciting next chapter for me and I’m extremely proud to be the first Latin judge on the show.
I can’t wait to watch all the new talent and have fun with all you guys!”
Did Sofia have cancer?
Following the new millennium, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
She had her thyroid removed and underwent radioiodine therapy.
Sofia made a full recovery and now takes medication to prevent hypothyroidism.
The actress kept her condition secret to avoid comments from the public.
she said: “I didn’t want publicity because of that [cancer]. Having cancer is not fun. You don’t want to deal with anything else while you’re going through it.”
“When you go through something like this, it’s hard, but you learn a lot from it. Your priorities change. You don’t sweat the small stuff. And it had a good ending,” she added.
