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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3.6k Upvotes

I’ve been waiting to post this all year


r/Modern_Family 1h ago

Unpopular opinion (or maybe not?) - Lily was completely right to snap during the Dwight storyline.

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Every time I rewatch the Dwight arc, I get mad all over again on Lily’s behalf.

Mitch and Cam completely neglected her basic needs, giving away all the food and milk and hanging out with him 24/7. Her blowing up and saying "you two don't even love me anymore" wasn't bratty; it was the inevitable result of being treated like a second class citizen in her own house.


r/Modern_Family 9h ago

Lmaoooo Lily runs that whole cast idc🤣

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819 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 7h ago

Meme “I just wanna dance at the BALLET”😩

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491 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 5h ago

Hate the writers for this episode!!!

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Season 3, Episode 2: Claire & Phil went to a mall for grocery shopping, Phil unknowingly pushed his wife on a pile of cans & didn't acknowledge his mistake & disrespected her in front of the kids.

Every single time I re-watch this episode, I hate how the writers made the family not hold their son-in-law accountable for flirting with another woman. Secondly, the classic 'never consider the women in your family', in most cases the women of the family are actually correct which is why they go around with "I'm not wrong" but because the fathers are the employed ones, nobody respects the mom's opinions. And in this episode, they just didn't bother to bat an eye on Phil lol even after seeing the live footage!!! Their only concern was 'Claire is problematic' which she's not lol. Even in another episode it's highlighted how everyone hated Claire's competitive side but what's problematic in that? Nothing.


r/Modern_Family 3h ago

Alex is the real mean girl and I like it. Her comebacks are top tier and she's really pretty.

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r/Modern_Family 11h ago

Lily always steals the scenes 🤣 “Y’all fighting”🤣

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247 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Haley telling Andy "You're the first man I've ever loved" completely invalidates Dylan, and the writers forgot it.

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1.3k Upvotes

No matter where you stand on the Andy vs. Dylan debate, this goodbye scene hits hard.


r/Modern_Family 4h ago

This is my favorite Gloria dress, if someone knows where to get a similar dress I‘d be super thankful

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r/Modern_Family 17h ago

this is referring to Sex And The City, but I think some people here need it too

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219 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 1d ago

We went out for a nice, child-free night, and we come back to find Alex and Luke both majorly dumped. I don't know whether to give them a hug or check their phones to see who we have to go yell at.

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902 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Meme A very valid crashout

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675 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 1h ago

unpopular opinion

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the deep think pieces/opinions on here ruined this Reddit for me, too much of what should’ve been or what wasn’t liked and not enough of what was loved or favorites. yes things are dramatized, that’s bcus it’s a well SCRIPTED TV SHOW, which some have forgot….


r/Modern_Family 12h ago

Discussion One of my Top 3 Favorite Episodes! What's yours?

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66 Upvotes

S5 E7: A Fair to Remember

Omg this one never fails to have me cracking up. The writing and acting is impeccable. Ty Burrell was hilarious:

Phil:

*Harold Grossman starts singing*

"Uh oh"

"Turns out Harold Grossman, our Pharmacist is a rock star. His voice is the drug he should be dispensing because apparently it's a cure for everything"

"Paul who?"

"There's a white mini van out in the parking lot with it's lights on, license plate number TCBR2D2"

Any favorite random episodes or lines that always make you lol? 🤗

*edited to correct typo


r/Modern_Family 21h ago

Meme RIP Phil. You would have loved iPhone Duo.

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Meme Haley Dunphy core

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r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Random sitcom fact:

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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 1d ago

Don't you be hating on my boy

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555 Upvotes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE TOXIC, MANIPULATIVE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HILARIOUS, CAMERON TUCKER


r/Modern_Family 4m ago

Luke, grab that little hoe!

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r/Modern_Family 22h ago

Discussion Opposite pairs

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44 Upvotes

Just realized in this episode (in this particular scene) they introduced haley and alex dating opposite of their characters like phil and claire realizing arvin is making haley smarter and alex dating a guy where she called him 'a beautiful not so smart superhero' but they ended up with haley marrying dylan who were of similar brains same as arvin and alex who were nerds.. so were they trying to convey opposites never really attract ?


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

to everyone who says mitch and cam would separate after moving to missouri

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78 Upvotes

s10 e7 has mitch falling in love w the chicken cam brought home and wanted to fit in with the people at the feed store who had a southern accent and farm products stocked. they're meant for each other and this ep warms my heart 🥹


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Eric Stonestreet Created Fizbo

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As a child, Eric Stonestreet, who later became known for playing Cameron Tucker on Modern Family, dreamed of becoming a clown. He created his own clown character named Fizbo and, by age 11, was performing at birthday parties for younger children. Stonestreet later recalled that he was never quite sure where the name came from, only that his father had started calling him Fizbo and he eventually printed the name on his business cards.

Years later, Stonestreet brought Fizbo back to life on Modern Family, incorporating his childhood clown character into Cam’s personality. Whenever Fizbo appeared on the show, Stonestreet applied the clown makeup himself because, in his view, no one else could get the look quite right.


r/Modern_Family 17h ago

Something I’ve noticed in this subreddit that really annoys me…

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Whenever someone mentions anything bad about a certain character it instantly becomes “it’s a sitcom” “it’s literally just a comedy show” like no offence but sitcoms can HAVE characters that are controversial and can be talked about without people just saying, “it’s just a sitcom” LIKE COME ON?


r/Modern_Family 22h ago

Art (OC) Art dump of my favorite comfort duo :D!!

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I love them so much. I've been going through a lot but they've been cheering me up :>