What was Sofia Vergara diagnosed with?
Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000 at the age of 28. Vergara, now 49, said she was surprised to later learn that she had thyroid cancer. When you’re young and you hear that word, ‘cancer,’ your mind goes to so many places, Vergara said. But I tried not to panic, and I decided to get educated. I read every book and found out everything I could about it.
What’s up with Sofia Vergara’s face in Griselda?
Costume, hair, and makeup all contribute to how unrecognizable she looks—including a prosthetic nose and fake teeth—and Vergara is earning rave reviews for this breakthrough performance. I couldn’t become [Griselda] exactly. But I wanted to disappear. The actor praises her hair and makeup design team, who achieved her tweezed-out, late-’70s look with false eyebrows glued onto prosthetic brow covers . They gave her a prosthetic nose and a plate of teeth that are slightly bucked, and a bit yellowed, because Griselda smokes cigarettes throughout the series.