The actress was honored by The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in May of 2015 when they gave her her very own star on the Walk of Fame.
“The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to add some spice to the Walk of Fame by immortalizing Sofia Vergara’s fame onto our iconic walk,” said Ana Martinez, Producer of ceremonies on the WOF. Unfortunately, not everyone was as thrilled about the new addition to the walk.
A Hefty Paycheck
Although there’s probably going to be a lot she misses about the show, including sharing time with her on-set family, but one of the main things will likely be the paychecks.
During her time on "Modern Family," she was getting paid a whopping $500,000 per episode, five days per week! Of course, that wasn’t her only source of income because the whole time, she was signing different endorsement deals with major brands. Still, she raked in an estimated $10 million per season.
Sofia's Wild Income
Sofia is the highest-paid US television actress by a long shot. According to "Forbes," she made more than $43 million this year – that’s nearly twice what the second-highest-paid TV actress, Kaley Cuoco, made. But it isn’t just TV stars that she’s got beat.
Vergara made even more than film star Angelina Jolie, who earned around $31 million. And it’s easy to see why she’s making the big bucks if you follow her work on "Modern Family."
#embryodefense
The June after Sofia’s star was added to the Walk of Fame in front of the Marshall’s Department Store, protesters decided to add some very unwelcome artwork to the face of it.
After they’d already harassed her after hearing she’d frozen some of her embryos in hopes of future procreation with her ex-fiance, Nick Loeb, they took to the Walk, spraying her star with graffiti. The vandals even signed it with the name of their group, “#embryodefense.”
Vergara's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Was Destroyed
Vergara had a really rough year in 2015 when her Hollywood Walk of Fame star was destroyed by protesters, who also harassed her outside of a red-carpet premiere of "Magic Mike."
Luckily, when the co-founders of the group, #embryodefense, learned about the star's vandalization, they removed it themselves, saying that they went to a drugstore across the street to buy some cleaner and scrubbed it until it came off. Well, at least they cleaned up after the mess they made.