Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (Spanish: [soˈfi.a βeɾˈɣaɾa]; born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the United States.
Vergara is known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020) and Griselda Blanco in the Netflix miniseries Griselda (2024). She rose to prominence when co-hosting two television shows for the Spanish-language television network Univision in the late 1990s. After acting in the English-language film Chasing Papi (2003), she subsequently appeared in Four Brothers (2005), and Tyler Perry's comedies Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). Vergara also acted in New Year's Eve (2011), The Three Stooges (2012), Machete Kills (2013), Fading Gigolo (2013), Chef (2014), and Hot Pursuit (2015). She has also had voice-over roles in the animated films Happy Feet Two (2011), The Emoji Movie (2017), and Despicable Me 4 (2024).
Since 2020, Vergara has been a judge on the television talent show America's Got Talent. She is also known as a businesswoman and a brand ambassador. Vergara designs her own fashion line for Kmart, and signed with both Pepsi and CoverGirl in 2011. She launched her first fragrance "Sofia by Sofia Vergara" in 2014, and has since released four more fragrances.
Read more...The July 10, 1972 was a Monday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 191 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 53 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, July 10, 2025, 67 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, July 10, 2026, in 297 days. You have lived for 19,425 days, or about 466,213 hours, or about 27,972,782 minutes, or about 1,678,366,920 seconds.
Date: 10 July 1972
By JAMES KEOGH
James KEOGH
Article by J Keogh, former chief of White House research, holds that 'Journalism at all levels needs a new realization of and dedication to its essential mission: to inform'; notes widespread skepticism of mass media audience; illus
Date: 10 July 1972
By MALCOLM W. BROWNESpecial to The New York Times
Malcolm BROWNESpecial
comment on battle for Quangtri city; S Vietnamese troops described as cautious; enemy force called potent and skillful; nature of fighting indicates that neither side seems eager to spend a drop of blood more than necessary on the city; common soldiers of both sides appear to believe that whatever the issue at Quangtri, it will not end the war
Date: 11 July 1972
By FRED P. GRAHAMSpecial to The New York Times
Fred GRAHAMSpecial
Fed Dist Judge W M Byrne Jr puts himself in charge of process of questioning prospective jurors in trial of D Ellsberg and A Russo, charged with releasing Pentagon papers to press; less than 1 wk is expected to be required to pick 12-member jury and 6 alternates; defense atty L B Boudin calls action 'critical'; says he would rather gamble on defense's own instincts that judge's; Byrne reads summarized version of 25-pg indictment to panel and asks panelists if they could rule impartially on issues or if their views have been affected by pretrial publicity or knowledge of contents of Pentagon papers; 18 members, selected by lot, are seated in jury box and in alternates' seats for Byrne to begin questioning; defense attys comment with concern about absence of young people; no panelist appeared to be under 40 yrs old; Ellsberg expresses hopes that trial will inform Amer people 'what censorship and deception do to democracy'; int; Russo denounces trial as 'repressive action' in which 'ct is allowing itself to be used by Nixon'
Date: 10 July 1972
By WILL LISSNER
Will LISSNER
NY Times news service re-establishes news transmissions to 221 clients in US and Canada after phone service in midtown Manhattan is disrupted on July 9 when water main break floods NY Telephone Co exch's cable vault; transmits to Chicago Daily news service in Chicago by Telex for relay to various parts of hemisphere
Date: 11 July 1972
Special to The New York Times
J Cervase testifies on July 10 that former Bd of Educ member Dr E W Garrett, accused of threatening life of F Butterfield (NY Times), had threatened him in same way during bd meeting in Apr '71
Date: 11 July 1972
R Matthes (E Ger) sets 200-meter backstroke record (2:2.8), Berlin
Date: 10 July 1972
C Richey wins Bretton Woods (NH) tennis tourn for contract pros