Sofía Margarita Vergara (born July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Colombian model and actress.

Vergara came from a moderately well-off family in Colombia and was sent to private bilingual (Spanish/English) schools there, including elementary school. She speaks Spanish and English both very well, (with a Midwestern accent in English). She made her first public appearance at the age of 17 in a Pepsi-Cola commercial that was widely telecast all over Latin America. She went to college in Colombia for three years and studied pre-dentistry. However, she was presented with very attractive offers in modeling, and followed that course, considering a son, mother, and younger siblings who needed her financial support in the absence of her father.

Vergara is 5' 8" tall, and she has naturally blonde/sunbleached hair. [For films and TV, she is frequently required to dye it brunette to make her look more "Latina".] As for her fabulous figure, she says that she has been built this way since she was 13 years old, and it is all 100% natural.

Vergara co-hosted the Univision travel show Fuera de Serie ("Out of Sight") with Fernando Fiore for several years, and she co-hosted the Univision show A que no te atreves ("I Dare You"). She was long under an exclusive TV contract with Univision, but that has now expired and she was open to accept a role with ABC in the United States.

Vergara has dated Enrique Iglesias and Latin superstar Luis Miguel. She has a son (b. 1994) from a short-lived marriage while she was a teenager.

Vergara has long lived in the United States now, mostly Miami and Los Angeles, and has brought her mother, sister, and son to live with her.

Vergara acted in the short-lived ABC sitcom Hot Properties.