Modern Family star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is all grown up after making her debut on the sitcom aged four

Former Modern Family child star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is now unrecognizable after leaving the show half a decade ago. The 17-year-old actress was just four when she made her acting debut as Lily Tucker-Pritchett on the beloved ABC sitcom, playing the adopted daughter of Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson).

And just like fellow Modern Family alum Jeremy Maguire, Aubrey is all grown up now. In a series of uploads posted on her Instagram profile in recent months, the television star has proudly demonstrated that she's a fun-loving young adult. In one snap, Aubrey showed off her midriff in a strapless white crop top which featured black stitching and a bow.

She accessorized with a large silver pendant necklace, a silver cuff, and big hoop earrings - oozing confidence as she posed with both her hands on her hips. In another photo, Aubrey once again flaunted her small frame in a white button-down crop top and a brown sarong.

In both shots, the teen wore make-up, including a pink blush on her cheeks, and winged eyeliner. Modern Family child star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons is unrecognizable since leaving the show. The actress was just four when she made her acting debut as Lily Tucker-Pritchett.

Aubrey appeared in a whopping 163 episodes from 2009 until its grand finale in 2020. Last February, she revealed that she would be open to reprising her iconic role in a sitcom spin-off series, adding that a new series could give fans a glimpse of how the happy family got on in the Midwestern state.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, she said: 'I'd definitely be interested if the script was good and the dads were on board, but school is my priority right now - unless something great comes along. 'I feel like the finale left possibilities and I think that's why people are always talking about a spinoff of the Tucker Pritchard family.'.

In September, however, Aubrey's on-screen dad Eric Stonestreet admitted he felt hurt when the spinoff was scrapped by the network. The actor, 53, admitted on the In Depth With Graham Bensinger podcast that he and on-screen partner Jesse Tyler Ferguson were initially going to have their own show.

Aubrey has posted a series of candid snaps to her Instagram, showing that she's now a confident 17-year-old. In one snap, she flashed her midriff in a white crop top and brown sarong. The teen has all grown up since first arriving on Modern Family in 2009.

Aubrey appeared in a whopping 163 episodes of the sitcom until its grand finale in 2020. Last year, she told DailyMail.com that she would be keen to reprise her character in a spin-off. '[Modern Family co-creator] Chris Lloyd and a couple of the writers wrote a really great script that spun Jesse and I off in our life in Missouri, and they said, "No,"' he explained.

'They just said, "We don't want to do it,"' he added. The Emmy winner also revealed that he though the network threw out the project because they saw him and Ferguson as 'old guys.'. The Kansas native said: 'I think Jesse and I maybe felt like they thought of us as the old guys, or something like that, that didn't seem worthy of keeping those characters going.'.

And although he felt let down, he understood the decision was not in his hands. 'It felt a little hurtful. But people make business decisions,' Eric said. However, the actor did admit that if the show was created, it would have been a 'slam dunk' with viewers.