Aubrey Frances Anderson-Emmons (born 6 June 2007) is an American actress. She is known for her role as

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on ABC's ''

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''.

Personal life

Anderson-Emmons is the daughter of

Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian America ...

Amy Anderson and Kent Emmons, who are separated. Her mother is a stand-up comedian, actress and manager. Her father is a media entrepreneur. Anderson-Emmons does charity work for

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, California Covenant House Youth Shelter, Let Them Play Sports Organization,

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that funds type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, provides a broad array of community and activist services to the T1D population and actively advocates for regulation favorable to medical research and approval o ...

, Olive Crest, Help A Mother Out, My Stuff Bags, EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women and

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Career

Anderson-Emmons joined the cast of ''

'' in its third season in 2011, when she replaced Ella and Jaden Hiller in the role of

, a Vietnamese-born child adopted by a gay American couple. Her role has been praised for raising

cultural diversity Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, the global monoculture, or a homogenization of cultures, akin to cultural evolution. The term "cultural diversity" can also refer to having different c ...

awareness. In 2011, at age 4, she became the youngest person ever to receive the

Screen Actors Guild Award Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...

, which she won as part of the show's ensemble cast. She was the youngest

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child star on the red carpet at the 2012 and 2013

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s. Anderson-Emmons has a YouTube channel, FoodMania Review, with her mother, Amy, which she began in 2015. As of June 2022, she has over 40,000 subscribers and over 4.6 million combined views.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson-Emmons, Aubrey 2007 births Living people American child actresses Actresses from Santa Monica, California American people of South Korean descent American television actresses 21st-century American actresses American actresses of Korean descent