Although she is best known for her role in Modern Family, Sofía Vergara featured in a crime series in January 2024, Griselda, which became a hit on Netflix. A biographical crime drama miniseries, Griselda follows the story of the Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco (Vergara) and her notorious drug empire in Miami throughout the 1970s and 1980s, detailing the rise of the so-called “Godmother of Cocaine” through six episodes. Sofía Vergara pulled off an impressive makeup transformation for Griselda, and her performance was highly praised by critics, with the Netflix show earning an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sofía Vergara’s crime miniseries follows a trend of countless other true crime TV series on Netflix in recent years, such as 2022’s controversial series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, featuring Evan Peters as the titular serial killer, and 2015’s Narcos, which some of Griselda’s creators had a hand in creating.