[4] Anderson-Emmons joined the cast of Modern Family in its third season in 2011, when she replaced Ella and Jaden Hiller in the role of Lily Tucker-Pritchett,[5][6] a Vietnamese-born child adopted by a gay American couple.
[7] In 2012, at age 4, she became the youngest person ever to receive the Screen Actors Guild Award, which she won as part of the show's ensemble cast.
[1] She was the youngest Asian American child star on the red carpet at the 2012 and 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards.
[8] Anderson-Emmons has a YouTube channel, FoodMania Review, with her mother, Amy, which she began in 2015.
[10] Anderson-Emmons does charity work for St. Jude Children's Hospital, California Covenant House Youth Shelter, Let Them Play Sports Organization, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Olive Crest, Help A Mother Out, My Stuff Bags, EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women and Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption.