Ariel Winter is a Greek-American actress and singer. She is best known as Alex Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family as well as the voice of the title character in the Disney Junior show “Sofia the First .” Winter and her fellow Modern Family cast members have won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in a Cool Whip commercial at age 6. She had her first television role at age 7, in an episode of "Listen Up!," and followed it with appearances in a variety of shows such as Tickle U, Freddie, Monk, Bones and ER. In the animated children's show Phineas and Ferb, she voiced the character of Gretchen before winning the regular role of Alex Dunphy in the series Modern Family which premiered in 2009. The series was renewed for an eleventh and final season on February 5, 2019, which premiered on September 25, 2019.

She has continued to work in TV animation, including providing the voice of Marina the Mermaid on Disney Junior's Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Sofia the First.

Winter has appeared in feature films, most notably in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and also Speed Racer, Duress, Opposite Day and Fred 2. For her leading role in the film The Chaperone, she was nominated at the Young Artist Awards 2012 as Best Actress in a Motion Picture.

In October 2012, Winter's sister Shanelle Workman filed to become her guardian, alleging that their mother had been physically and emotionally abusive. On May 5, 2014, the court ordered guardianship to Workman and removed Winter from her mother's guardianship permanently.

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