Modern Family's Ariel Winter Gives Update connected Her Life Outside of Hollywood (Exclusive)
As a omniscient antheral erstwhile said, beingness is afloat of changes, immoderate big, immoderate small.
And for the formed of Modern Family, wrapping connected their heartwarming drama series aft 11 seasons and immoderate 250 episodes connected April 8, 2020, proved to beryllium a batch easier due to the fact that they had radical who loved them to assistance them look immoderate beingness threw their way.
"We each emotion each other. It's amazing," Ariel Winter told E! News past October of her clip spent arsenic brainy Alex, the mediate kid of Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen's Phil and Claire Dunphy. When “you walk truthful overmuch clip with people, you truly bash go the household that you portray."
Which is wherefore she inactive thinks of Nolan Gould (rambunctious Luke Dunphy) arsenic her brother.
"He was my archetypal champion friend, which is simply a truly beauteous thing," she explained. "We met erstwhile helium was 10 and I was 11, and we've gone done truthful galore stages of beingness together. And we person stuck done it all, heavy and thin."
That tight-knit enslaved is the aforesaid crushed Sarah Hyland's now-husband Wells Adams sought two sets of parental blessings before dropping to 1 genu successful 2019.
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The full brood—which besides includes Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons—communicates overmuch successful the aforesaid mode you’d expect "your ain existent family," Winter noted to E!. "It could beryllium a week; it could beryllium a month. But I bash support successful interaction with a batch of them rather frequently."
Still, she misses their days of being 1 large happy, well, you know.
"You spell from moving with idiosyncratic astir each azygous time for 12 years, and past it's benignant of like, poof," she acknowledged. "Now everybody's everywhere. So we effort to support successful interaction arsenic overmuch arsenic we can."
And, it turns out, occurrence is decidedly successful their genes. See however the formed has been faring since they signed disconnected the ABC series.
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Sarah Hyland arsenic Haley Dunphy
As eldest Dunphy girl Haley, Sarah Hyland rode disconnected into sunset (or astatine slightest a caller apartment) with longtime emotion Dylan (Reid Ewing) and their twins. IRL, the New York City autochthonal saw everlastingly successful Bachelor successful Paradise bartender Wells Adams' eyes (costar Jesse Tyler Ferguson officiated their 2022 vows) and soaked up the Fiji prima arsenic big of Love Island USA for 2 seasons.
Other gigs included six episodes of Pitch Perfect: Bumper successful Berlin and Broadway gigs in Little Shop of Horrors and The Great Gatsby. As for what she'd archer younger Sarah, "Don't beryllium excessively hard connected yourself," she detailed to E! News successful 2023. "Love the radical astir you, but emotion you more."
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Ariel Winter arsenic Alex Dunphy
While Ariel Winter's Alex jetted disconnected to a caller gig successful Switzerland, the kid histrion stayed a spot person to location erstwhile she decamped from her autochthonal California with longtime fellow Luke Benward.
In summation to giving beingness to the titular Disney princess connected Sofia the First, she's done dependable enactment for American Dad!, Firebuds and Star Trek: Lower Decks and worked connected the docuseries SOSA Undercover. "I lone felt precocious similar I recovered my purpose," the histrion and activist told E! News successful October 2024. "As a kid, I wanted to beryllium a doctor, past a lawyer—and present present I americium an entertainer. So I tin usage that level to assistance people, but that's conscionable benignant of ever been my vibe."
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Nolan Gould arsenic Luke Dunphy
When Luke Dunphy enrolled astatine the University of Oregon, Nolan Gould signed up for his ain adventure. "Fell disconnected the Earth again here’s immoderate impervious of life," helium joked successful a December 2024 Instagram featuring a bid of solo shots successful assorted locales.
He besides filled Ferguson successful connected his travels, detailing connected a September 2024 episode of his Dinner's On Me podcast however helium sold disconnected his belongings aft Modern Family to question the state successful a van—in betwixt filming 2023's Camp, the 2024 abbreviated JOE and an occurrence of Grey's Anatomy.
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Aubrey Anderson-Emmons arsenic Lily Tucker-Pritchett
Following her 9 seasons arsenic girl to Eric Stonestreet's Cameron Tucker and Ferguson's Mitchell Pritchett, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons "thought that I would ne'er enactment again successful my life," the L.A. autochthonal revealed successful a 2024 TikTok. But aft getting spot by the bug again done precocious schoolhouse theatre productions, she's backmost connected the audition circuit. "So, that's fun," she said. "I anticipation to bash something."
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Rico Rodriguez arsenic Manny Delgado
Since his stint arsenic omniscient beyond his years Manny—the lad of Sofía Vergara's Gloria Delgado—Rico Rodriguez has appeared successful an occurrence of Disney's Bunk'd and voiced a portion successful the upcoming 2025 flick Sneaks. As for his onscreen fam, "TV amusement reunions are each the rage these days," helium captioned a look astatine their 2023 get-together. "When we hanging adjacent guys?!"
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Jeremy Maguire arsenic Joe Pritchett
"I've been told I'm a 30-year-old successful a kid's body," Jeremy Maguire told E! News successful an exclusive 2024 interview. "I've been told I'm an aged soul. Which, I bash deliberation that of myself, too."
Born successful 2011—two years earlier the bid made its debut connected ABC—he joined the fam successful 2015 arsenic Joe Pritchett, Gloria and hubby Jay Pritchett's son. "When you're increasing up and there's a camera successful beforehand of your face, sometimes you don't wrapper your caput astir the information that these aren't your existent family," helium explained to E!. "And that's conscionable truly hard, particularly for maine because, you know, I emotion everybody. After Modern ended, I was truthful bittersweet 'cause lone beingness I've ever known."
He rebounded quickly, however, appearing successful each 12 episodes of Disney's Turner & Hooch reboot successful 2021. And should the close portion not travel his way, he's acceptable to constitute it himself. "It's precise therapeutic," helium said. "I've done poems oregon stories, oregon small treatments for scripts I thought would beryllium amusive to possibly enactment connected successful the future."
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Ty Burrell arsenic Phil Dunphy
Experiencing a spot of a drought earlier being formed arsenic the loveable Dunphy patriarch, "My woman and I really sat down astatine 1 constituent to benignant of similar travel up with a database of different things that I could bash due to the fact that I was reasoning astir getting retired of acting," Ty Burrell revealed connected Good Morning America up of the series' 2020 finale. The database was admittedly brief, however. "I had nothing," helium joked. "I person nary different skillset."
Though a program B proved unnecessary, with the Oregon native—who shares daughters Frances and Greta with woman Holly Burrell—lending his dependable to Fox's Duncanville aft Modern Family, he's opened a bid of restaurants successful Utah anyway.
Living successful the Beehive State means helium doesn't get a batch of look clip with his erstwhile costars (and memorably missed retired on their 2023 gathering astatine Vergara's place, starring immoderate fans to deliberation he'd died), but their substance concatenation is inactive live and well. "That radical was evidently conscionable precise tight," helium noted to People successful 2025. "We went done a batch together, and everybody stays successful touch."
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Julie Bowen arsenic Claire Dunphy
Five years aft she bid farewell to straightlaced Claire, Julie Bowen inactive precise overmuch considers her TV unit arsenic family. Whether it was helping Hyland escape from what Hyland called an abusive narration oregon turning up to Anderson-Emmons' precocious schoolhouse play, "I look astatine them each similar my kids," Bowen explained connected a June 2024 occurrence of The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast. "I emotion them." And arsenic for her onscreen stepmom Vergara, Bowen told E! News successful 2024, “We get on similar a location connected fire."
The actress' vocation remains blistery acknowledgment to Peacock thriller Hysteria! and the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel, however, "I'm beauteous frugal," she shared connected the All Good Things with Jason Nash podcast successful 2022. "I'm truthful acrophobic that I'm ne'er going to enactment again and, I'm not kidding, I person specified fear."
And portion she joked she's been successful "retirement" from dating pursuing her 2018 divided from hubby Scott Phillips (they stock sons Oliver, John and Gustav), she wouldn't caput doing immoderate precocious nighttime talking with Harry Styles. "Oh, hellhole yeah," she quipped connected The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "Him? Look astatine him!"
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Sofia Vergara arsenic Gloria Pritchett
Stepping into Gloria's stilettos turned Colombia-bred Vergara into a household name. But her post-Modern Family vocation has been nary laughing matter. Along with shooting films similar This Is Me... Now and Despicable Me 4—plus her six-seasons-and-counting stint connected the America's Got Talent judges panel—the ma to big lad Manolo, booked her archetypal melodramatic gig.
Portraying the titular drug lord Griselda Blanco successful Netflix's 2024 miniseries Griselda, she amassed different Golden Globe and Emmy nod. "It was a astonishment for maine to beryllium nominated," Vergara exclusively told Laverne Cox on Live From E!: Emmys. "It was my archetypal clip acting successful a drama, acting successful Spanish judge it oregon not. It was similar a surprise—and a bully surprise."
So present she's manifesting a spot much bully fortune. Two years aft announcing her split from hubby Joe Manganiello, Vergara told Access Hollywood successful January 2025, she's hoping for, “Health, money, a boyfriend. Or a lover, maybe.”
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson arsenic Mitchell Pritchett
Producers whitethorn threw a bedewed broad connected our dreams erstwhile they squashed plans to travel Ferguson's Mitchell Pritchett and his husband Cam Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) arsenic they decamped to Missouri. "I deliberation they were conscionable wondering if this was the close household to inactive archer that story," the histrion explained connected Watch What Happens Live. "We had been connected for 11 years, I deliberation they were acceptable to determination successful a antithetic direction."
But fans hoping to instrumentality a travel down representation lane request lone perceive successful to his Dinner's On Me podcast, wherever helium hosts some his erstwhile costars and different celebrities similar Gavin Rossdale and Chelsea Handler.
As for his ain modern family, actor-producer hubby Justin Mikita and their sons Beckett and Sullivan joined the Cocaine Bear prima successful London wherever he's acceptable to statesman a 2025 tally successful philharmonic Here We Are.
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Eric Stonestreet arsenic Cam Tucker
Since his clip arsenic shot manager Cam, Kansas autochthonal Stonestreet has been tackling caller roles connected American Auto and The Santa Clauses and he's acceptable to termination successful the upcoming Dexter: Resurrection revival. "I excessively person immoderate escaped bureau news," the Kansas City Chiefs instrumentality joked successful a March 2025 Instagram post. "Very excited to enactment with this outstanding radical of people."
IRL, he's teamed up with caregiver Lindsay Schweitzer, who accepted his proposal successful 2021. "She has arsenic beauteous innards arsenic she does outards," helium wrote successful a day tribute that year. "And she's the cleanable idiosyncratic to woody with me, truthful I'm thankful everyday."
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Ed O'Neill arsenic Jay Pritchett
Already a celebrated TV dada acknowledgment to his 11-season gig connected the Married...with Children couch, Ed O'Neill easy slipped into his relation arsenic Pritchett household patriarch Jay. Initially reluctant to motion connected for different sitcom, "They sent maine the script," helium shared connected The Jenny McCarthy Show successful 2016, "and I thought, 'Damn. I gotta bash this.'"
He's since suited up arsenic Los Angeles Clippers proprietor Donald Sterling successful 2024's Clipped and volition look successful Ryan Murphy's ineligible play bid All's Fair.
In his idiosyncratic life, the erstwhile Youngstown State antiaircraft lineman has called histrion Catherine Rusoff his teammate for decades. They stock daughters Claire and Sophia.
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Reid Ewing arsenic Dylan Marshall
Though helium spent years arsenic Haley's on-again, off-again boyfriend, the Good Luck Charlie alum officially joined the fam with the onscreen accomplishment of their twins. "The champion occupation of my life," helium declared successful a 2020 Instagram.
In the years since, he's appeared successful abbreviated films Always Come successful Second and Nest, but revealed successful a September 2024 Instagram Live that he's officially retired from acting. "It's been, like, a truly agelong travel for maine arsenic an actor," helium shared, "but I decidedly consciousness similar it's clip to propulsion the plug, truthful to speak, due to the fact that it's conscionable like, the full process of it is, it's truly an unhealthy process."