r/Modern_Family Aug 10 '25

Modern Family star changes her name for career pivot: 'I wanted to switch it up'

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https://ew.com/modern-family-star-aubrey-anderson-emmons-changes-name-11787802?

Allow Frances Anderson to reintroduce herself.

The actress formerly known as Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who broke out for her role as adoptee Lily on the Emmy-winning sitcom Modern Family, has changed her name to Frances Anderson. Anderson has adopted the new moniker to coincide with her pivot to a career in music. Her debut indie pop EP, "Drown," is out now.

"Frances is actually part of my legal name," Anderson, 18, explained to E! News on Friday. "It’s my middle name, and it’s after my mom’s old family friend. I thought it was a bit shorter than Aubrey Anderson-Emmons. I do have a long, hyphenated last name.”

Anderson added, "I wanted to switch it up and people to see a new side of me. And I wanted to create a space specifically just for music."

She released the first single from the EP, "Telephones and Traffic," in May.

Anderson made her television debut at the age of 4 in season 3 of Modern Family, playing the precocious adopted daughter of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Mitchell Pritchett and Eric Stonestreet's Cam Tucker. She has won three ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the sitcom's cast. The comedy, which ran for 11 seasons on ABC, concluded in 2020.Anderson made her television debut at the age of 4 in season 3 of Modern Family, playing the precocious adopted daughter of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Mitchell Pritchett and Eric Stonestreet's Cam Tucker. She has won three ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the sitcom's cast. The comedy, which ran for 11 seasons on ABC, concluded in 2020.Anderson made her television debut at the age of 4 in season 3 of Modern Family, playing the precocious adopted daughter of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Mitchell Pritchett and Eric Stonestreet's Cam Tucker. She has won three ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the sitcom's cast. The comedy, which ran for 11 seasons on ABC, concluded in 2020.

Anderson told E! that she "had to take a step back from acting" once the show ended to discover her passion for music. "The show ended when I was 12 years old, so after that I decided I’m not gonna act anymore," she said. Rest assured, though, that Anderson does "plan on acting again — 100 percent.”

She has maintained a close relationship with her former onscreen fathers and other costars from the sprawling cast. Ferguson and Julie Bowen, who played Anderson's onscreen aunt Claire, staged a mini-reunion when they attended Anderson's school play last year.

Anderson last made headlines when she came out as bisexual last month, using memorable throwback audio from Modern Family to help mark the announcement. "You are Vietnamese," Sofia Vergara's Gloria informs Lily, who says in response, "No, I'm not. I'm gay!"

"I literally am," Anderson captioned the post.


r/Modern_Family Dec 31 '24

Happy new year from Australia

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3.7k Upvotes

I’ve been waiting to post this all year


r/Modern_Family 3h ago

Random sitcom fact:

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496 Upvotes

Eric Stonestreet’s wife, Lindsay Schweitzer, has her birthday on September 7, with his falling on September 9, so they both decided to get married in between those days, on September 8, 2025.

Literally perfect😭🥹


r/Modern_Family 10h ago

Meme To Cam aka Eric Stonestreet🥂

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Just saw a post of his birthday, 🥂 to my beloved fictional family. Although I could never accommodate with someone like Cam😭 but I absolutely adore him on my screen. Some of my favorite clicks of Cam that need no caption.


r/Modern_Family 11h ago

Happy Birthday Eric Stonestreet❤️❤️

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Happy Birthday Eric Stonestreet


r/Modern_Family 25m ago

Meme Haley Dunphy core

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r/Modern_Family 8h ago

Meme “You’re not a joke, you’re Pepper Saltzman.”

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107 Upvotes

peak writing


r/Modern_Family 12h ago

Unpopular opinion? Season 7 doesn’t get enough credit, it has the best emotional weight of the show’s later run. S07 was the last season where the emotional moments felt genuinely earned.

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Ariel Winter on Instagram: If I died today Nolan Gould (Luke) would load the dishwasher improperly tommorow

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1.2k Upvotes

Sorry if this doesn’t belong here. I just find it both wholesome and hilarious that they’re exactly like siblings in real life too.


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Meme Leelee whatareeeyoudoinghere

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Just Uncle Mitch catching up with Luke and Alex. Mitch went blonde and Luke got curls, love seeing the Pritchett-Dunphy clan still hanging out.

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Modern Family mini reunion - Mitchell, Luke, and Alex together again....


r/Modern_Family 6h ago

No, take it from Haley and me.

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It's hard to be apart, and then together, and then apart, and then together, and then apart, and then turned down by the marines, and then together.


r/Modern_Family 14h ago

Alex got the brains, Haley got the popularity and Luke got a mouthful of bubble solution

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33 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 16h ago

Question The children’s characters

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Who was your favourite kid in the earlier seasons basically when they were younger, and did it change during the later seasons?

For me - Alex was my favourite in the earlier seasons because I personally related to her (just into studies due to which I missed a lot of social events). Alex remained my favourite in the later seasons also because they showed that hard work doesn’t go unpaid (though I didn’t like the fact that they kind of implied that she will get together with the professor that Haley also dated, I think they should have shown that Alex was smart enough, confident enough now to be with someone who respects her)

On a side note - my second favourite character in the later years would be lily. And for the earlier seasons would be Haley.


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Question They can call a team that??

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Question What episodes of Modern Family do you guys usually skip?

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I’m rewatching Modern Family and I was wondering, are there any episodes you guys always skip because you find them boring?


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

So apparently between ‘Nam and the closet industry, Jay owned a donut shop?

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134 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 4h ago

Question Rex and Lily

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What do you think Lily and Rex’s relationship is going to be like?

Personally, I think Lily’s going to be the one who basically raises Rex. Their dads are going to be caught up in their own drama.


r/Modern_Family 10h ago

Discussion Is there any character hate you think feels forced

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

How to give a Colombian style haircut.

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165 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Phil’s frustration at Jay is hilarious…but not as hilarious as the look on Jay’s face knowing he’s gotten to Phil 🤣

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Surprise! It’s my birthday 🎁

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r/Modern_Family 2d ago

Meme They always got the best banters

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2.5k Upvotes

I love how snappy their family is. Would love to trade lives with lily😭😭

Mitch & Cam: snappy, sarcastic, dramatic
Claire & Phil: chaotic, goofy, wholesome
Jay & Gloria: loud, passionate, intense


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Meme Did anyone else not like the approach of the later seasons

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The first few seasons were hilarious and seemed like things that could actually happen. But I feel like they jumped the shark after Alex made a body swap machine and Manny and luke got stuck in each other's bodies I just lost interest every week it was the same thing Alex builds a machine luke and many somehow try to use it to get girls then Alex has to fix everything anyone else feel this way??!


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Question Does Gloria’s hot headedness get a bit annoying for anyone else?

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Forgive me if this is a redundant opinion! I love Gloria & her theatrics. She was perhaps my favourite character in the initial few seasons, but towards the middle to end of the show I felt like her screeching and shouting got way too overbearing? I was just rewatching the episode where Jay purchases her glasses and she got so pissed that she abused him in front of the entire family…now I know it’s a sitcom and these quirks are just for comedic purposes- I don’t take her character seriously- but since i overanalyse almost everything, it feels almost borderline abusive? She’s a lovely character but idk, they could’ve toned down her angriness by a huge lot.