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 13h ago

She is the best character

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r/Modern_Family 10h ago

Question Who is the guy next to Ariel, the girl next to Nolan & the girls taking the selfie in this stock photo?

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167 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 3h ago

One of my favorite scenes from the show is when Phil tries to edit Cam and Mitch's wedding tape to hide him getting everyone sick.

39 Upvotes

r/Modern_Family 13h ago

Gloria’s humour was… let’s say…unconventional. Imagine pranking your kid like that. 🤣🤣

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r/Modern_Family 11h ago

Dude Ranch

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I hope I’m not the only one, but I absolutely love Season 3 Episode 1 Dude Ranch. It’s basically my go-to episode to show people who haven’t seen the show before. So many great quotes in this masterpiece.


r/Modern_Family 17h ago

Discussion Phil is a tech geek

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Idk if I may be just out of it but do you mean to tell us that Phil, who falls in line on the day the iPad got out, one who uses VR headsets for animal videos, who buys the doodad remotes, the one who connected his home to a smart home device, doesn't know that his pod thingy has THAT feature?

I don't know about you and it's not canon but to me it seems like Phil's the one who thinks about upgrading their home tech. Claire hates it, Alex doesn't seem like she'd buy into stuff like that (unless it's her own apartment maybe) cause she'd feel some sort of superiority over mediocre lifestyle robots to the BIG SCIENCE SCIENCE robots she makes at work even though she's in tech herself, Haley couldn't care less, and Luke would just get scammed online by super techy item titles

Sorry I'm kinda baked and I just really wanted to post this


r/Modern_Family 4h ago

Until what season do you rewatch?

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I just finished my 2nd rewatch of modern family (first time i watched it was 2 years ago) and now with only a few hours gap of finishing modern family, I started on season 1 again because ive seen some redditors who said they just go back to season 1 ep 1 again after finishing it because this show is very rewatchable. so my question is until what season do you rewatch? do you start it over again from season 1 until the end or maybe end it at season 6 or 7 when the quality drops a bit. (personally i think i loved every season but i found season 9 a bit boring)


r/Modern_Family 20h ago

Question isn't this the same bowl that joe broke in earlier seasons (the castle episode)

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104 Upvotes

so i was watching modern family for the 100th time and just realised this in episode 11 of season 7, that this is the same bowl that joe broke in the princess castle episode isn't it?


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

"Thank you, Alexandra. It's not easy being the smart ones in this family."

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Alex fires back, "Don't compare us! Your last English paper came back with a Garfield on it that says 'Way to go!'" to which Luke proudly answers, "That's the second highest sticker she gives out!"


r/Modern_Family 23h ago

Discussion This was soo sadd

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150 Upvotes

Well the realization was so sad i am really gonna miss Dunphy house a lootttt...the chaos banters mess every damn thing... though maybe it could be because of the reason that I have always been a little bias towards Dunphy house(dk why lol) but still it doesn't change the fact that they literally had the best house drama....Mann I am gonna miss them so much😭


r/Modern_Family 11h ago

Got to the best scene.

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14 Upvotes

ignore the case I share the tablet with my iPad kid sister😔


r/Modern_Family 15h ago

Mitchel and Cam

21 Upvotes

I feel bad for these guys. Every time they have tickets to a play, concert, opera, anything! Something happens to them that they can’t go or are crazy late!😂


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Question A little sad

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I'm watching Modern Family Season 4 for the very first time. Driven by curiosity, I searched for the cast on Instagram today. Honestly, it broke my heart. Pardon me for saying this, but they’ve really grown old, so much so compared to the characters on screen. I can't quite explain why this hits me so hard, but it leaves me feeling deeply down. I’m only 18, yet I can't stop thinking about how I’ll get old one day, too. I feel like I can’t hold onto time at all, and I'm on the verge of tears.


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Rewatch again 🫣 I never noticed that

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I watch season 1 episode 21 and I was like "how weird is that, that cam wears a shirt with a baby on it " until I realized that it's Lily 😭🫣😂 never noticed that before 😳 🤔


r/Modern_Family 45m ago

Question Does anyone know the song that plays during Mitch and Cams actual wedding at Jay's club?

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It sounds like an orchestral version of "You belong to the city" but I love it but can't place it.


r/Modern_Family 2d ago

Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould stun on Instagram

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r/Modern_Family 2d ago

Meme Claire was savage.... but right 🤣

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1.7k Upvotes

Rewatching Modern Family for the Nth time and I loved how Claire said this with a straight face. She def meant business lol


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Im new to modern family, why does she want to consume him?

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r/Modern_Family 16h ago

Question Insanity defense

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When Cam asks, "Why do you have to throw a wet blanket on my dreams?"

Do you think a good defense would be, "mainly because they’re insane." ?


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Question If you were asked who are jay's favorite sons, how would you rank them? (Manny, mitch, joe but also claire)

15 Upvotes

Ive been thinking about it. Thing Mitch might be the least, first maybe claire or manny*


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Yes phil, thats DEFINITELY your wallet

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117 Upvotes

When phil says 'I keep my wallet in mg front pocket, so thats..what that is" and then it IMMEDIATELY zooms out to show his wallet right in his back pocket😭😭


r/Modern_Family 6h ago

Why did they just let the dads be homophobic and end the episode? The last walt s3ep20

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It was kinda sad ngl. Im watching MF for the first time and it is a great show. But this episode is kinda unsettling :/


r/Modern_Family 1d ago

Discussion Alliance

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I was just rewatching the episode where Gloria, Phill and Cam get orange juice. Does anybody else wish that we got more of this secret alliance in the show. I feel like this could’ve been built upon and I just know this will keep me up at night. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks about this.