Personal life

Her parents are Spanish descent. Her maiden name is Sophia Adella Hernandez. She has a daughter with him. There are no details about her childhood and parents. She never talked about them and never has been seen with them. Her relationship with her parents is not known to the media. She took up her schoolings in New York.

She has been married to Derek since 1998. They have been married for 17 years and their marital relationship is very strong, till today. Their relationship is being under attack by social media because of their race diversity. Sophia is Hispanic and her husband is African American. His African American fans are not ready to accept this interracial marriage. Although Derek had repeatedly showed his anger towards the social media haters, comments seem to flow out of nowhere. Sophia never commented on this race based comments from internet haters. In 2015, Derek commented back to the followers stating that it was 2015 and they should better get over the race diversity thing of their marriage. Yet, the comments still flow.

Both of them met each other at an acting workshop. They are together since then. In 2007, they announced their pregnancy but, did not reveal any pictures of the baby, till date. They announced the gender of the baby alone. Her name is also not yet revealed. Their wedding was also a private ceremony. They did not announce their engagement too. It seems that they wish to keep their personal life away from the eyes of media and public. They are seen a lot in public places together.

Both Derek and Sophia are not known to have married or engaged before. Neither had parented kids out of their marital relationship. Neither has any extra marital affairs. There are no details of Sophia’s romantic relationships, before she met Derek. Both of them are pretty secretive about their personal life and they wish to keep it in that state in the near future. It is believed that there are no conflicts between them and thus, there are no chances of separation or divorce in the near future.

Career

Her acting career took major leap towards success after her marriage. Her first movie was in 2000. Her career before her acting opportunities is not known to media. Derek mentioned that they met in an acting workshop and thus, it is assumed that she was interested in acting, even before her marriage. She starred in a lot of movies like Rally LA, Lying in Wait, Knockout and others. She starred in Mali Music: Beautiful and ‘I Want You’ music videos. Her future projects in music are not known to media. Though Derek has publically announced his net worth, Sophia is keeping hers away from the media. Her future projects after Rally LA are not known to media. She has many years of career ahead of her.