Understandably, like with many child actors, it’s hard to differentiate Anderson-Emmons from her on-screen character.
But, as she toldGirls' Lifein June 2021, the actor doesn’t relate to Lily very much.
“I’m not sassy or a brat!
I don’t roast my mom 24/7 or walk in the room and do a line and walk out.
It’s great playing her but I’m not like her.
She’s definitely a character!”
“We started homeschooling last March.
However, when Anderson-Emmons' co-stars got older, she was left on her own.
Eventually, as Anderson toldYahoo Parentingduring her December 2014 interview, she had tochoose family over fame.
“This is not at all how I thought my life would look.
I’m not resentful but I do struggle with it,” she explained.
I probably made more money than I ever had before, but it wasn’t worth it.
So I decided to take myself off the road,” Anderson concluded.
It wasn’t easy, but her decision worked out well for her daughter.
So, I had no time to rest except [for] lunch," Anderson-Emmons said.
When she was 14, she toldGirls' Lifeabout what a massive personal impact the sitcom has had.
“[‘Modern Family has] been a huge part of my life.
Honestly, it’s all I’m known for!
People recognize me pretty frequently …
It’s weird, you know?
“Food I would buy, though,” she added.
“My family’s immigrant heritage is that my mom came here from Korea.
She was adopted when she was a baby and she grew up in Minnesota,” she said.
Like any high schooler, Anderson-Emmons has her good days and bad days.
“I’m actually not going to college, probably,” she told her former co-star.
“I feel like it’s too hard.
I’m used to being on a script, so I don’t usually write my own material.
And, no offense, it makes, like too little money,” she quipped.
However, in more recent years, the high schooler seems to have changed her tune.
In November 2023, the star shared apostabout having performed at a bar in Hollywood called The Bourbon Room.
“Don’t let people change you.
Express yourself how you want to express yourself, not the way someone else does.
If it’s not hurting anyone it doesn’t matter.
Don’t let people tell you what to wear or what to do with your life.
Just be you,” she remarked at the time.
Her boyfriend Phoenix Reed is a fellow musician who’s in his own band called Sweet Silver.
In November 2023, Jesse Tyler Ferguson made a post onInstagramabout attending Anderson-Emmons’ high school play.
“Got to see my talented pretend daughter @aubreyandersonemmons in her high school production of THE BURN.
It’s crazy to think Aubrey was just a few months older than Beckett when I met her!
Look at her now!!!
You were SO great!
You make a pretend papa proud,” he wrote.
It’s so scary, like you’re so accomplished when it comes to theater.”
