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 co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language 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 Perry's comedies Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goe ...