Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress,
voice actress, model and occasional singer. 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. Winter and her fellow Modern Family cast members won four
Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.Winter
was born in Fairfax, Virginia,[citation needed] on January 28, 1998,
the daughter of Chrisoula (née Batistas) and Glenn Workman. Through
her mother, she is of Greek descent, and through her father, of German
descent. She is the younger sister of actors Shanelle Workman and
Jimmy Workman.Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in
a Cool Whip commercial advertisement in 2002 when she was four years
old. She had her first television role in an episode of Listen Up!,
and followed it with appearances in a variety of shows such as
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. 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. In 2012, Winter was cast as Sofia,
the lead character in a then-new Disney animated franchise Sofia the
First. The series premiered in January 2013 on Disney Junior. In 2014,
she voiced Penny Peterson, Sherman's enemy turned friend in the 2014
Dreamworks Animation film Mr. Peabody and Sherman. She also lent her
voice to characters in the animated films, Disney's Bambi II and Blue
Sky's Ice Age: The Meltdown.
voice actress, model and occasional singer. 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. Winter and her fellow Modern Family cast members won four
Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.Winter
was born in Fairfax, Virginia,[citation needed] on January 28, 1998,
the daughter of Chrisoula (née Batistas) and Glenn Workman. Through
her mother, she is of Greek descent, and through her father, of German
descent. She is the younger sister of actors Shanelle Workman and
Jimmy Workman.Winter obtained her first entertainment industry job in
a Cool Whip commercial advertisement in 2002 when she was four years
old. She had her first television role in an episode of Listen Up!,
and followed it with appearances in a variety of shows such as
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. 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. In 2012, Winter was cast as Sofia,
the lead character in a then-new Disney animated franchise Sofia the
First. The series premiered in January 2013 on Disney Junior. In 2014,
she voiced Penny Peterson, Sherman's enemy turned friend in the 2014
Dreamworks Animation film Mr. Peabody and Sherman. She also lent her
voice to characters in the animated films, Disney's Bambi II and Blue
Sky's Ice Age: The Meltdown.
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