María Sofía Rodríguez Acosta y Lara (born 29 September 1981) is a Uruguayan journalist and television presenter.
She began her career as a producer and later as a columnist on various television programs but rose to prominence in 2013 when she began presenting the reality show Maybelline Model Uruguay, and 2022, she has been a judge on the Teledoce musical competition show ¿Quién es la máscara?
Career
At the age of 17, she began working at the Sarandí 890 radio station as a junior producer of the show Viva la tarde.[1] While she was studying journalistic communication at the Universidad ORT Uruguay, she did an internship on the Channel 4 show Todo Punta during the summer season special.
In 2012 she joined the panel of the television newsmagazine program, Algo contigo.[2] A year later, she made her television hosting debut, in the modeling reality show Maybelline Model Uruguay.[3] The show, which ran for five series, brought her wide national recognition.[4] In 2016 she began co-hosting the radio show Arde la ciudad.[5] In June 2017 it was confirmed that Rodríguez would leave Algo contigo.[6]
In April 2018, she began co-hosting the daytime talk show Vespertinas.[7] In June 2021, both the radio show Arde la ciudad and Vespertinas were taken off the air.[8] In February 2022, Rodríguez was announced as a judge for ¿Quién es la máscara?, Uruguayan version of the music game show, The Masked Singer, which premiered on Teledoce in May.[9]
On 27 February 2023, Rodríguez began co-presenting Rompe paga with Juan Pablo Brianza on Radiocero.[10]
Personal life
In 2019, she divorced Leandro Gómez, after a marriage of almost ten years.[11] In 2021 she announced her relationship with chef and entrepreneur Tomás Bartesaghi.[12] On February 14, 2024, Rodríguez announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.[13] On August 24, 2024 Rodríguez gave birth to their son, Borja.[14]
