Selling Sunset Just Landed Sofía Vergara’s Relative

Netflix dropped a new season of Selling Sunset, and yes, the Oppenheim Group just hired someone with a very familiar last name. Meet Sandra Vergara. And before you ask: she is related to Sofia.

So... how is she related to Sofia Vergara?

On the show, Sandra spells it out: Sofia is her sister in the way that actually matters. Biologically, they are first cousins, but Sofia's mom adopted Sandra when she was young, and they grew up as sisters.

"She is biologically my first cousin, but her mom adopted me, so we grew up as sisters."

Who is Sandra, beyond the surname?

• New gig: Season 9 is her first real step into real estate.
• Why this job: Friends kept telling her she would crush it in property sales, so she finally went for it — and here we are.
• On-camera background: She started acting in the early 2000s with small roles, including CSI: Miami in 2009 and The Bold and the Beautiful in 2013.
• Modeling: She popped more in magazines like Maxim and Esquire.

Day one at the office: awkward

Her debut at the brokerage did not land gently. During a group chat, Emma Hernan stepped away to take a call. Sandra was visibly irritated, which Chrishell Stause clocked immediately. Chrishell basically said the quiet part out loud: you cannot be the new hire and get huffy about someone else's phone ringing.

From there, Sandra started feeling like Chrishell just did not like her. She told a few colleagues she sensed a chill. Eventually, at one of Chrishell's listings, Sandra asked her straight up if she'd done something wrong because she was picking up "resistance."

Chrishell then pulled up a photo of a woman Sandra did not recognize — Chrishell's assistant — and said that assistant had previously accused Sandra of keying her car. Sandra denied it flatly: "I have never keyed anybody's car. Not even an ex."

Chrishell maintained she'd been cordial but said she likes to watch how people carry themselves before making up her mind, and that Sandra had already disappointed her. That landed hard. Sandra got emotional, called the accusation shocking, and stressed she did not want to upset Chrishell.

Chrishell's advice was blunt: toughen up. In her words, none of the noise matters — just your success and what you are there to do.

The takeaway

Sandra Vergara arrives with a famous family connection, a TV-and-modeling past, and zero real estate experience — which is exactly the kind of combustible mix this show loves. Within hours, she is already in the middle of a very specific piece of office history involving an assistant and a car. Whether she sticks the landing or gets swallowed by the drama is kind of the whole point of tuning in this season.