Ariel Winter didn’t just play Alex Dunphy on Modern Family — she grew up alongside her.
For 11 seasons, audiences watched Winter as the hyper-intelligent, sometimes overlooked middle child in one of television’s most beloved families. When the show premiered, she was 11. When it ended, she was 22. In between, she navigated something few actors experience so publicly: adolescence unfolding in real time, in front of millions.
“It was a great chapter,” Winter, now 28, tells Yahoo. “We were very lucky to have the time that we had.”
That kind of longevity is rare. That kind of visibility, even more so. Perhaps it’s one reason she’s stayed so close to onscreen brother Nolan Gould, who remains, as she puts it, “my best friend for life.”
“I grew up on [Modern Family],” she says. “I had so many amazing moments.”
For 11 seasons, audiences watched Winter as the hyper-intelligent, sometimes overlooked middle child in one of television’s most beloved families. When the show premiered, she was 11. When it ended, she was 22. In between, she navigated something few actors experience so publicly: adolescence unfolding in real time, in front of millions.
“It was a great chapter,” Winter, now 28, tells Yahoo. “We were very lucky to have the time that we had.”
That kind of longevity is rare. That kind of visibility, even more so. Perhaps it’s one reason she’s stayed so close to onscreen brother Nolan Gould, who remains, as she puts it, “my best friend for life.”
“I grew up on [Modern Family],” she says. “I had so many amazing moments.”
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