Sofía Vergara turns 51: What were her major acting roles and what awards has she won?

Colombian actress, model and presenter, Sofía Vergara is celebrating her 51st birthday today July 10 - a new landmark to toast after recently reaching 30 million followers on her personal Instagram account. The Barranquillera, who is spending her big day relaxing on the island of Capri, in Italy, thanked her followers for the congratulations, well wishes and messages she received on social media.

“Waking up here on my 51st birthday! Still with health, dreams, energy (my knees now hurt, I’m afraid...), but full of joy to live. Thank you all for the little messages,” wrote the actress who currently has amassed a fortune of 180 million dollars according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Sofía Vergara’s artistic career

Sofía Vergara achieved international acclaim after playing Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the American television series Modern Family. In fact, most of the awards that honor her acting career come from her appearance in the production.

After appearing in Modern Family, the Colombian actress and presenter was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. She has also worked a model for companies such as Pepsi, McDonalds and Colgate; She was one of the presenters of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1994 and acted in the Mexican telenovelas Fuego en la Sangre and Acapulco, Cuerpo y Alma.

In 2015, Vergara was recognized by the Hollywood Walk of Fame committee and became the second Colombian to receive the award, following Shakira, another Barranquilla native, who received the mythical star in 2011. The actress has played dubbing roles in animated films and, in 2014, she was named by Forbes magazine as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world, ranking her at number 32. She has been judge on the panel of America’s Got Talent for the past four seasons since 2020.