The ensemble cast carried the series for 11 seasons on ABC.
These days, theModern Familycast still keeps in touch,stagingseveralreunionsin the years since leaving the porch light on.
Read on to see where the actors are now.
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The actress almost passed on the role after telling her reps not to send her to comedy auditions.
I go… She just won like five Emmys.
Theyre like, Yes.
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So shes funny in a different way.
Shes not three-jokes-a-page funny.
And yet she is wildly funny.
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make a run at be Helen Hunt.
She also had a brief arc onER(19981999) and recurred as Jacks ex-wife onLost(20052007).
Next year, shell be back on the links inHappy Gilmore 2.
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Bowen was married to real estate investor and software developer Scott Phillipsfrom 2004 to 2018.
They have three sons.
Despite this, he was rejected by ABC executives several times before they finally relented.
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He wound up winning two Emmys.
My agent and wife both advised me that I was being disrespected by ABC.
They said, Forget it.
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You dont need to be doing this,Burrell saidin an oral history of the series.
Burrell andhis wife, Holly, have been married since 2000 and areparents to two daughters.
I didnt expect them to be that good…
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I didnt know them…
So that was amazing.
That reading was at a level thats higher than most first readings.
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ONeill was already a TV icon thanks to playing Al Bundy onMarried…With Children(19871997).
The veteran actor recently starred as former L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling in the miniseriesClipped(2024).
He has been married to Catherine Rusoff since 1986.
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The role earned her four Emmy nominations and the distinction of being thehighest-paid actress on television.
Vergara has often pushed back against certain criticisms painting Gloria as a stereotypical archetype.
Whats wrong with being a stereotype?she said in 2017.
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Glorias character is inspired by my mom and my aunt.
They are both Latin women who grew up in Colombia, like me.
They love color, prints, and shoes…
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Eight years ago nobody had an accent like this on television.
She was married to Joe Gonzalez from 1991 to 1993.
They have a son, actorManolo Gonzalez Vergara.
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She was later wed toJoe Manganiellofrom 2015 to 2024.
Meanwhile, he returned to Broadway in 2022 and won a Tony for the revival ofTake Me Out.
Hes also a successful podcaster, hosting the interview seriesDinners on Mefeaturing chats with many of hisModern Familycostars.
Ferguson and his husband,Justin Mikita, have been married since 2013 and share two children.
The couple are the founders of the non-profitPronoun, which raises money to fight for LGBTQIA+ civil rights.
“We wanted to create a couple that people could relate to and enjoy watching, hesaid in 2016.
The agenda has never been to do anything other than make people laugh…
In 2019, the Kansas City, Kan., native became a part-owner of MLBs Kansas City Royals.
Stonestreet has beenengaged to Lindsay Schweitzersince 2021.
Words cannot even begin to describe the life changing experience I have had on this show.
I have, quite literally, grown up right before everyones eyes.
The formerLove Island USAhostwed Bachelor Nation star Wells Adamsin a 2022 ceremony officiated by Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
Winter is the younger sibling of actors ShanelleandJimmy Workman.
In 2014, her sister was appointed her permanent legal guardian.
In 2015, at age 17, she waslegally emancipatedfrom her mother.
Newsthat her onscreen family has become a real-life family especially her TV brother, Nolan Gould: Heismy brother…
He was my first best friend, which is a really beautiful thing.
And we have stuck through it all, thick and thin.
But dont let his goofy onscreen persona fool you: Gould is a member of Mensa.
I get to run into walls or screen doors, things that Ive always wanted to do…
I get to be another person when I go to work.
The young actor had a handful of credits under his belt beforeModern Familyand has since addedR.L.
Stines The Haunting Hour(20112014) andFriends With Benefits(2011) asJustin Timberlakes nephew.
And there are moments that were fun, for sure.
And there were things I loved about it.
Modern Familywas Anderson-Emmons professional debut.
She has only appeared in three short films since.
However, the young star runs a popular YouTube channel,FoodMania Review, with her mom.
