The cast of “Modern Family” 13 years after its first season: the children are unrecognizable

The “Modern Family” actors made a pact that kept them together for years, but after the show ended both their lives and careers went their separate ways.

See how much Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the rest of the stars of this series have changed, 13 years after its TV release.

Sofia Vergara

Before the global fame brought to her by “Modern Family”, Sofia Vergara had small roles in soap operas and even hosted the Univision programs “Fuera de serie” and “A que no te dares” in the late 90s .

In 2009, she played the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in “Modern Family”, who was the Colombian wife of Jay and the mother of Manny and Joe. Although the character was much younger than her husband, for her age she was not important in love.

Thanks to her performance in the series, she was nominated for an Emmy in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, in the category of Outstanding Female Comedy. In 2017, he won People’s Choice Awards for his work on “Modern Family.”

Sofía Vergara appeared on several episodes of “Saturday Night Live”, was a judge on “America’s Got Talent” (2020), and her most recent work was as a voice actress and producer of the animated film “Koati” (2021).

Ty Burrell

He played Phil Dunphy, Claire’s husband and father of 3, who calls himself “a very cool dad”.

In 2016, Ty Burrell lent his voice to the character of Bailey in ‘Finding Dory’. After “Modern Family” ended, he began playing Jack Harris on the animated sitcom “Duncanville,” which premiered on FOX.

Julie Bowen

Julie played the compassionate, aggressive and sometimes judgmental Claire Dunphy, Phil’s wife, Mitchell’s older sister and overprotective mother of three.

After “Modern Family” ended, Bowen played Violet Valentine in “Hubie Halloween” (2020), Patricia in “The Fallout” (2021) and Gail in “Mixtape” (2021).

In 2020, she competed on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ and lent her voice to Queen Arianna in the animated series ‘Tangled: The Series’ (2017-2020).

Ariel Winter

Ariel started working on “Modern Family” when she was just 11 years old, as the girl genius Alex, who unlike her siblings always took her studies very seriously.

While acting for the sitcom, he also served as a voice actor in popular animated series such as ‘Phineas and Ferb’ (2007-2010) and ‘Sofia the First’ (2013-2018).

According to “Entertainment Tonight,” Ariel Winter began studying law at the University of California, Los Angeles, but took a break from his studies in 2018.

Her most recent work was as a model and voice actress for the character of Abigail from the video game “The Quarry”, in addition to being part of the cast of NCB’s comedy “Hungry”, which is in pre-production.

Rico Rodriguez

When Rico was 11 years old, he started playing Manny Delgado, the sensitive, charismatic and intelligent older son of Gloria Delgado.

Although the actor already had a few small roles in independent productions, it was “Modern Family” that was his most popular work. On the other hand, from 2018 to 2019 she was the voice of Raha in Disney’s animated series ‘The Lion Guard’.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Before playing attorney Mitchell Pritchett on “Modern Family,” Jesse Tyler Ferguson had a distinguished career in musical theater, most notably his role as Leaf Coneybear on “The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee.”

In 2020 he was the host of the reality show ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ and a year later he was Garrison Vitar in an episode of ‘The Good Fight’.

In 2021 she published Food Between Friends: A Cookbook, a cookbook where she shares her best recipes with Julie Tanous.

Eric Stonestreet

The optimistic, sensitive and loving Cameron Tucker was played by actor Eric Stonestreet, who already had small roles in series such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2008) and “The Mentalist” (2008).

Thanks to Cameron’s role, Eric won two Emmys in 2010 and 2012 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Other projects he had lent his voice to the character of Duke in “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (2019) and Harley Horns in “Madagascar: A Little Wild” (2021).

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

The role of Lily, the baby adopted by Cameron and Mitchell, was played for the first time by twins Jaden and Ella Hiller. Once the character grew up, Aubrey was chosen to play him (this was in 2011). The little actress was only 4 years old when she made her debut in the series.

Aubrey is currently 15 years old and hasn’t played any other major roles in film or television, but he often hangs out with Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, with whom he has funny moments that he shares on his Instagram account.