Growing Up 'Modern': Ariel Winter on Family Turmoil, Online Shaming and a New Life in College
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quot;I went through a really bad chapter," says the 19-year-old actress who started acting at 4, landed a role on the Emmy-winning comedy at 11 and emancipated herself from an abusive stage mom at 15. Now the social media firebrand is off to UCLA and plotting a future she's earned.
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Ariel Winter Talks Post-'Modern Family' Plans, Online Criticism, Ulta
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Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian, is latest celerity children to take legal action against her parent
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Modern Family' 200th Episode Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd
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Ariel Winter Talks Post-'Modern Family' Plans, Online Criticism, Ulta
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Growing Up 'Modern': Ariel Winter on Family Turmoil, Online Shaming and a New Life in College
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Modern Family' Ariel Winter Opens Up About Her Mother Sexualizing Her As a Child : r/Modern_Family
Growing Up 'Modern': Ariel Winter on Family Turmoil, Online Shaming and a New Life in College
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I Teach Child Stars, and I'm Much More Than a Babysitter (Guest Column)
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Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian, is latest celerity children to take legal action against her parent
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Ariel Winter Talks Post-'Modern Family' Plans, Online Criticism, Ulta
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Modern Family' 200th Episode Steve Levitan, Christopher Lloyd
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Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian, is latest celerity children to take legal action against her parent
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Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian, is latest celerity children to take legal action against her parent