Modern Family Kids, Then And Now
In honor of Modern Family's series finale (April 8, ABC), TVLine is taking a look back to see how the main kids — Haley, Alex, Luke, Manny and Lily — have grown since the comedy premiered back in 2009.
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Lily Tucker-Pritchett
Look, we know that Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (2020) isn't the same actress who played baby Lily in the show's earliest days (2009), but for the sake of our fragile emotional state, we're just going to pretend.
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Alex Dunphy
Ariel Winter's character — now a college student (2020) — has always been the smartest member of the Dunphy brood, which was clear even when we met her as a middle schooler (2009).
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Haley Dunphy
Sarah Hyland has played Phil and Claire's oldest daughter since the pilot (2009), a full decade before Haley would eventually become a mom herself (2020).
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Luke Dunphy
Nolan Gould's character was always a curious kid (2009), even by Dunphy family standards. But now that we've seen him mature in a young adult (2020), we have faith that he'll do just fine in life... even if it's completely by accident.
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Manny Delgado
Real talk: Rico Rodriguez's character already felt like an adult when we met him in the pilot (2009), long before he actually became one (2020).