Grace Dunphy (2024)

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Is Luke Dunphy ADHD? ›

Like his father, he is believed to have ADHD, as he repeatedly becomes distracted when he has to do something important.

His mother's last request was for Phil to set Frank up with Annie Fitzsimmons (Anita Gillette), a very nice lady who lived a few streets away.

Alexandra Anastasia “Alex” Dunphy (Ariel Winter) (born January 14, 1996) is the younger daughter of Claire and Phil. Characteristically nerdy but still cute, Alex is the most intelligent of the three siblings and a polar opposite of Haley.

Bowen married Scott Phillips, a real estate investor and software developer, on September 9, 2004. They have three sons, the first born in April 2007, and twins born in May 2009, with whom she was visibly pregnant when shooting the pilot for Modern Family.

Julie Bowen: $500,000 An Episode

Actress Julie Bowen plays Claire Dunphy. She's the wife of Phil and mother of three rowdy kids. She was a homemaker for over 20 years before jumping back into the workforce, which allowed her to truly find her identity.

Claire Dunphy

While it would be a surprise for Claire (Julie Bowen) to die, there was a hint dropped in a Season 4 episode about her health when she was diagnosed with the heart condition Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Haley Dunphy – ESTP

Impulsive and snarky, Haley Dunphy embodies a fairly ditzy version of the ESTP personality type. She lives for the thrill of experience and is always looking for new opportunities to have fun or let loose with her friends (or boyfriends).

Luke announces he's going to attend college at an out-of-state school. Phil and Claire's only son, Luke, played by Nolan Gould, shares that he was accepted to the University of Oregon and he plans to attend.

Ariel Winter was just a child when she signed on to play Alex Dunphy in Modern Family and (literally) grew up in front of the camera, just like her character. From the pilot to the emotional finale, Alex Dunphy changed over the years in more ways than one.

Andy was Haley's loveable and goofy boyfriend who left California to follow a career opportunity. In reality, the actor left the show for the exact same reason. Adam DeVine's comedy career was taking off and he relinquished his Modern Family role in order to pursue other ventures, to many fans' dismay.

Why did Alex get a lighter Modern Family? ›

After it was finished, Phil thanked everyone for attending and made way for Alex to give a little tribute to her grandmother. Alex hugged her father and began her speech. After she finished, she lit fireworks with Grace's lighter which was given to Alex.

Claire was 23 years old when she had Haley. Claire and Jay's relationship is similar to Kelly and Al Bundy in Married with Children.

Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy

Ariel Winter plays high-achieving brainiac Alex Dunphy, who is three years younger than her older sister, Haley, and therefore thirteen at the show's start.

We've had Phil and Claire talk about it, but you've never seen it. So that will be a really interesting aspect because she is 25 years old, which is a completely normal time to have a baby; in some states, that's old, and in other states, that's a fetus.

Phil and Claire realise that Alex may be more self-sufficient in college than they thought; Manny works to avoid a tearful goodbye after Gloria and Jay move him into his dorm; Haley comes across an unexpected opportunity while working her new job at the country club.

Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family

Julie Bowen was pregnant with twins while filming Modern Family's pilot. She spent the episode shielding her belly with cereal boxes and loads of laundry.

Phil goes to the mall with Alex, Haley and Lily to fix the doll and on their way there, Alex accidentally reveals that Haley and Dylan have had sex, something that shocks Phil.

Sofia Vergara — Net Worth: $180 Million.

Hyland stars as Phil and Claire's eldest daughter, Haley Dunphy, who welcomed children of her own in the season 10 finale. Variety reports that Hyland is included with Gould and Rodriguez in the show's children bracket, which means she likely makes the same $125,000-per-episode rate as her on-screen cousin and brother.

Lily Tucker-Pritchett is one character Modern Family fans got to watch grow up in front of the camera. For 11 seasons, fans saw her transform from an adorable infant to an independent teenager. Like the other kids on the show, Lily went through a ton of changes over the years as she grew and learned who she was.

What illness did Alex have in Modern Family? ›

Alex (Ariel Winter) gets mononucleosis during the summer vacation. Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and Luke (Nolan Gould) all try to use her condition to their advantage.

Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen)'s sexy alter egos Clive Bixby and Juliana are back for more naughty hotel hijinks in the Modern Family episode "Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister."

Phil Dunphy – ENFP

He's also a bit of a dreamer, which can annoy his more practical wife, Claire. While he isn't always gifted at “reading” people's feelings (especially with his father-in-law, Jay) he has a good heart and tries to be empathetic and supportive to everyone in his family.

Gould is a member of Mensa, and, as of 2012, had accelerated four grades in school. He stated on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he has an IQ of 150.

Alex was also implied to be multilingual, being part of the French club and speaking some form of Chinese in "Planes, Trains and Cars". She says that she also know Elvish.

Cassie Howard – ESFJ

She falls in love easily and will do almost anything to protect her relationships, even going so far as to willingly give up her free-will. As a deeply troubled ESFJ, she struggles to create healthy boundaries in her life.

According to TMZ, Brigitte was on the books of Hollywood animal acting agency Good Dog Animals, who subleased the pup to ABC for the show before season two. But the agency recently decided it no longer wanted to work with the cute pooch and made no bones about it as Brigitte was dumped.

While Phil demonstrates his ADHD (narrated in voice-over as Alex (Ariel Winter) tries to convince her mother Luke suffers from the condition), Luke surpasses his mother's low expectations and completes the project.

Over 11 seasons, Mitch and Cam have told lie after lie. Some were small enough to be swept under the rug while others were grounds for divorce. But ultimately through it all, the two stuck together, grew together, and raised their kids together.

The Modern Family star, 21, shared on her Instagram Stories Tuesday that her recent weight loss is due to a switch-up in antidepressants. “For years I had been on anti-depressants that caused me to gain weight that I couldn't lose no matter what I did,” she wrote.

Who was almost cast in Modern Family? ›

Role of Jay Pritchett was almost played by Craig T. Nelson

But turns out, Ed O'Neill, who plays Jay Pritchett on the ABC show, almost didn't get cast in the hit comedy.

The actor, who starred as Luke Dunphy in the hit sitcom, has obviously grown up as the show progressed over the years, but his new fitness regime has made him look almost unrecognisable.

Andy Had Life Goals That Were Inspiring To Haley

In the end, he was offered his dream job as a real estate agent but that meant having to move back to Utah. He would have been crazy not to take it, so he did, which is why he and Haley broke up.

As of right now, Haley and Andy are broken up because Andy had to move back to Utah to pursue his dream career as a real estate agent. Haley told Andy he is the first man she ever loved ("Double Click").

Viewers were particularly concerned about her drastic weight loss, as well as her swollen face. Hyland later revealed that it was due to a chronic illness that led to two kidney transplants.

Death is sad, especially when a person loses a beloved parent, and Phil Rosenthal from Somebody Feed Phil has lost his mother, Helen Rosenthal, who died in 2019.

Grace Dunphy was the mother of Phil Dunphy and the wife of Frank Dunphy, as well the mother-in-law of Claire Dunphy and the paternal grandmother of Haley, Alex, and Luke Dunphy. She never appeared on the show, neither in person, nor in flashbacks or photos but has been mentioned in several episodes.

Alex (Ariel Winter), seeing that Phil is serious about taking away the Christmas tree, admits that she was the one who tried to smoke. Phil brings back the Christmas tree and Claire says that Alex is grounded for a whole week, starting December 26 so she will not miss the Christmas day but will miss New Years.

Grace Dunphy was the mother of Phil Dunphy and the wife of Frank Dunphy, as well the mother-in-law of Claire Dunphy and the paternal grandmother of Haley, Alex, and Luke Dunphy. She never appeared on the show, neither in person, nor in flashbacks or photos but has been mentioned in several episodes.

Matt LeBlanc – Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)

Matt was apparently offered the role of Phil Dunphy in the Modern Family pilot, but turned it down as he simply felt he was “not the guy for this”.

Who plays Pamela Tucker in Modern Family? ›

Photo courtesy American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Dana Powell guest-stars on ABC's Modern Family as Pam Tucker, the sister of main character Cameron Tucker (pictured), played by Eric Stonestreet.

Modern Family (TV Series 2009–2020) - Andrea Anders as Amber LaFontaine - IMDb.

Sarah Hyland hasn't been in every episode of Modern Family's final season. The 29-year-old actress, who has played Haley Dunphy in all 11 seasons of the ABC comedy, responded to a fan on Twitter asking about her absence. “Apparently I've been busy with the twins,” she wrote back Friday with a shrugging emoji.

As it turns out, CheatSheet noted that Julie Bowen was pregnant with twins while filming the show's pilot. At eight-and-a-half months pregnant, Bowen auditioned for the part of Claire multiple times and wanted it so bad that she cried.

The role of Phil Dunphy on "Modern Family" almost went to Matt LeBlanc. In 2017, Matt LeBlanc revealed that he was offered the lead role of Phil Dunphy on "Modern Family," but turned it down because he felt he wasn't quite right for the part.

Alex leaves her high-paying corporate job to move to Switzerland with a new love interest. The Dunphys' middle child Alex, played by Ariel Winter, decides to quit her well-paying job to work for her former Caltech professor and Haley's ex-boyfriend, Dr. Arvin Fennerman, played by Chris Geere.

Julie Bowan wasn't even the second choice to play Jay's daughter and Phil's wife, Claire Dunphy. 3rd Rock from the Sun actress Kristen Johnson and Friends actress Lisa Kudrow were both frontrunners for the role.

Aubrey replaces Jaden and Ella Hiller, the identical twin girls who played Lily for the Emmy-winning sitcom's first two seasons. The reason for the re-casting, a show source tells PEOPLE, is because the Hiller twins didn't enjoy acting. When they were required to be in scenes, they became agitated and unhappy.

Cam and Mitch pull out all the stops to get it back. Lily announces to her parents and Gloria that she is gay because she thinks that since both of her parents are gay, she is automatically gay as well. Later in the episode, it is discovered that she says this because of her desire to be more like her parents.

Lily Tucker-Pritchett is one character Modern Family fans got to watch grow up in front of the camera. For 11 seasons, fans saw her transform from an adorable infant to an independent teenager. Like the other kids on the show, Lily went through a ton of changes over the years as she grew and learned who she was.

Was that actually Barbra Streisand on Modern Family? ›

“Special Guest Star” Barbra Streisand showed up near the end of Modern Family Season 7, Episode 10. The episode was written by Jeffrey Richman, who wrote for the Back to Brooklyn tour, the 2006 tour, and Barbra's show at the Village Vanguard.

The actor, who starred as Luke Dunphy in the hit sitcom, has obviously grown up as the show progressed over the years, but his new fitness regime has made him look almost unrecognisable.

The cast (Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen, Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, among others) is one of the best overall casts in sitcom history.