The ABC family comedy series will return with new episodes Wednesday to mark the special day in the family's history, as Alex (Ariel Winter) graduates from college. At the beginning of Season 3, she was in a long-distance relationship with a boy she met in Wyoming. Alexandra "Alex" Dunphy was the lovable bookworm among the Dunphy children. Share Share Tweet Email. Ariel Winter Workman (born October 12, 1998) is an American actress, voice actress, model and occasional singer. "Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter graduates from high school on Monday, June 13, a revelation that's sure to make any fan of the TV show, which she's been on since 2009, feel old. Modern Family's Alex Dunphy, the nerdy middle child played by Ariel Winter, went through quite the evolution over the show's 11 seasons. There’s the high school graduation, where Jay is giving a speech as the town’s entrepreneurial leader—is his closet business really that significant?—and Cam is stepping in to run the show when the Principal is hurt in a car crash. She's unlike her siblings in that she's incredibly intelligent with a bright future ahead of her. It's Graduation Day on Modern Family, and three members of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan will have reasons to celebrate. At an age when most kids are graduating from middle school, 13-year-old Nolan Gould has not only starred on a hit TV show, but also graduated from high school and is ready to start taking college classes. 0. She is known for her role as Alex Dunphy in the comedy series Modern Family, as well as the voice of the title character in the Disney Junior show Sofia the First and the voice of Penny Peterson in the 2014 animated film Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Directed by Eric Dean Seaton. For the family, this is a day of two graduations. Haley sincerely tells Alex at one point she is smart and attractive in a successful effort to get her to give a light-hearted graduation speech instead of a harsh one (it worked well enough that her classmates invited her to a post-ceremony party). Comment. She had a good … With Haley and Luke as her siblings, Alex always felt a little different from her family members. Sadly, Alex is the black sheep of the family and often feels unheard and unnoticed — and she's not wrong. By LA G. Sep 20, 2020. Alex is the middle child in the Dunphy clan on Modern Family. The recent grad stopped by "The Ellen Degeneres Show" this week to chat about his role on "Modern Family" and his impressive academic achievements. Cam finally gets a chance to shine when he is asked to preside over the high school graduation ceremony at the last minute; Jay gives the commencement address; Claire runs into her former high school rival who brings out the worst in her. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell.