Murder of a Brother, Cancer, Egg Freezing: A Dramatic Biography of Sofia Vergara

Sofia Vergara is one of six children of a farmer and a housewife. She was born on July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia.

His first experience on television dates back to 1989, advertising Pepsi. A girl in a bikini caught the attention of TV producers, and they began to offer her small roles. At the same time, she is studying to become a dentist. A year later, Sofia married her first love, José “Joe” Gonzalez, and a year later gave birth to a son, Manolo.

In 1993 they divorced, Vergara dropped out of school and moved to Bogota, where she began her modeling career. At the same time, she starred in the Mexican television series Acapulco, Body and Soul, thanks to which she became famous throughout Latin America.

A year later, she was offered to become the host of a television show and to move to Miami. Obviously, it was a great chance for the young actress to give herself and her son a better life, and she immediately packed her bags and left.

In 1998, his older brother Rafael, who was 27, was shot near his home. “Our family is quite wealthy and he could easily fall victim to kidnappers,” Sophia said. “He went everywhere with guards, then he left the house on his own, and he was shot after an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt. I was crushed.” The killers were sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In the mid-1990s, the actress met Chris Paciello, a nightclub owner with close ties to the criminal underworld. Due to his involvement in many illegal scams, he was nicknamed the Binder. His business partner Ingrid Casares was friends with Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and other famous people. Pasiello was thought to be a very influential person.

In 2000, he was charged with the murder of a woman four years earlier and placed under house arrest by a court. He pleaded guilty… and Sophia offered to sell her house in Miami to pay his bail. But that did not help: he was sentenced to six years in prison, and their paths went their separate ways.

That same year, Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer: “I was completely healthy, and they suddenly told me I had cancer! Terrible”. Fortunately, the disease was detected at an early stage, the thyroid gland was excised, the actress was treated with iodine – and the disease could be forgotten.

Sophia continued to be drawn to villains. In 2004, she had a brief affair with Colombian drug lord Andres Lopez. He said of her: “A charming woman whom I adore.”

In 2005, the actress signed a contract with ABC to play in the series My Wife and Children and left Miami for Los Angeles. There she meets Tom Cruise, already deeply immersed in pseudo-religious Scientology. Sophia, raised in a Catholic family, had no desire to marry him: she believed she would go to hell if she left her faith. However, Cruise broke up with her easily and a year later married the more accommodating Katie Holmes.

Sofia’s popularity as an actress and attractive woman grew, the yellow newspapers even called her Sofia Viagra! In 2008, she landed roles in Meet the Browns and Medea in Jail.

And a year later, the filming of the series “Modern Family” began, which brought him truly worldwide fame. Her Colombian accent gave a unique charm to the heroine – Gloria Delgado-Pritchett. Vergara had to play herself! For one episode, she received $325,000, and then the fee became even higher.

At the same time, Sofia did not forget her family and friends. For her 40th birthday in 2012, she brought 107 (!) People to Mexico. At the Emmy ceremony in 2013, Vergara bought 21 expensive tickets – for the whole family, but she never won, like three years in a row before.

In 2010, Sophia met businessman Nick Loeb, but their relationship was like a volcanic eruption, so often they quarreled. In 2012, he proposed to her … and she continued to communicate with Chris Paciello, already in a friendly way. This did not contribute much to peaceful relations! In May 2014, they separated and Vergara quickly found solace in the arms of Joe Manganiello.

On November 22, 2015, their magnificent wedding took place. Now she was happy!

In 2013, she froze her eggs, but to this day, Sofia Vergara remains the mother of an adult son, Manolo. Let’s see what happens next.

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