Becoming a big Hollywood star was not easy for the Colombian Sofía Vergara, who had to fight hard to reach the peak of success.
The recognized star of Modern Family, Sofia Vergara, seems to live the dream of many: she is a successful and millionaire actress, she is happily married to Joe Manganiello and she has a family that loves and supports her in everything. However, in order to achieve all this, he had to go through a path full of pain and disappointment.
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According to an Infobae publication, his first job in the United States was in 1995 under the “Out of Series” program. However, the beginning of his successful career was affected in 1998 by the murder of his older brother, Rafael, in Barranquilla, Colombia. After that, Sofía took her family to live with her in Miami.
Manolo González is the only son of the actress, the product of his first marriage. Photo archive
She didn’t do well in love either, as she got married at 18, became a mother at 20 and a year after divorcing her husband José González. After arriving in Florida, he found out that he had an affair with Enrique Iglesias and then had relations with the owner of several clubs in Miami, who was also linked to a mafia.
As if that wasn’t enough, it was also said that the actress had a relationship with Andrés Lopéz Lopéz, the former master of Colombian drugs, the author of the book “El cartel de los sapos”. Of course, she denied such an adventure. He later began an affair with Nick Loeb, with whom he got into a legal battle still ongoing, because he intends to destroy the embryos they froze when they were together, informs Infobae. Finally, Sofía found the stability of love with the actor Joe Manganiello, whom he married in 2015.
In 2015, Sofia married actor Joe Manganiello. Photo archive
However, success and fame have cost her a lot of work, due to the strong Colombian accent that characterizes her. “You can’t compare the opportunities that an actress with an American accent has. When I get 10 screenplays a week, I get two a month, “he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2010.
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But Sofía never gave up and worked hard at every opportunity that came up, such as her role as Gloria Delgado in Modern Family Series, in his participation as a juror in “America’s Got Talent” and other advertising contracts. Thanks to all this, she became the highest paid actress of 2020, ahead of Angelina Jolie and Gal Gadot.