Allow Frances Anderson to reintroduce herself.\n<\/p>\n
The actress formerly known as Aubrey Anderson-Emmons<\/a>, who broke out for her role as adoptee Lily on the Emmy-winning sitcom Modern Family<\/a>, has changed her name to Frances Anderson. Anderson has adopted the new moniker to coincide with her pivot to a career in music. Her debut indie pop EP, “Drown,” is out now.\n<\/p>\n “Frances is actually part of my legal name,” Anderson, 18, explained to E! News<\/a> on Friday. “It\u2019s my middle name, and it\u2019s after my mom\u2019s old family friend. I thought it was a bit shorter than Aubrey Anderson-Emmons. I do have a long, hyphenated last name.\u201d<\/p>\n Frances Anderson, formerly known as Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, as Lily on ‘Modern Family’.<\/p>\n Mitch Haaseth\/ABC<\/p>\n Anderson added, “I wanted to switch it up and people to see a new side of me. And I wanted to create a space specifically just for music.”\n<\/p>\n She released the first single from the EP, “Telephones and Traffic,” in May.<\/p>\n Anderson made her television debut at the age of 4 in season 3 of Modern Family, playing the precocious adopted daughter of Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/a>‘s Mitchell Pritchett and Eric Stonestreet’<\/a>s Cam Tucker. She has won three ensemble Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside the sitcom’s cast. The comedy, which ran for 11 seasons on ABC, concluded in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sign up for\u00a0Entertainment Weekly’s<\/a> free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.\n<\/p>\n Anderson told E! that she “had to take a step back from acting” once the show ended to discover her passion for music. “The show ended when I was 12 years old, so after that I decided I\u2019m not gonna act anymore,” she said. Rest assured, though, that Anderson does “plan on acting again \u2014 100 percent.\u201d\n<\/p>\n She has maintained a close relationship with her former onscreen fathers and other costars from the sprawling cast. Ferguson and Julie Bowen<\/a>, who played Anderson’s onscreen aunt Claire, staged a mini-reunion when they attended Anderson’s school play<\/a> last year.\n<\/p>\n Anderson last made headlines when she came out as bisexual last month, using memorable throwback audio from Modern Family to help mark the announcement. “You are Vietnamese,” Sofia Vergara’<\/a>s Gloria informs Lily, who says in response, “No, I’m not. I’m gay!”\n<\/p>\n “I literally am,” Anderson captioned the post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n