Show Notes
This week on Plus One with Lisa and Morgan, stand up comedian Amy Anderson reveals how a single playground encounter and an unexpected audition made her 4-year old famous beyond their wildest dreams.
Once Aubrey Anderson-Emmons landed the role of Lily on the hit show Modern Family, both their lives changed, and Amy's identity shifted to being simply "Aubrey's mom."
Amy talks honestly and with wit about being a single mom, safeguarding her daughter's privacy, and what's its like to be a Korean adoptee who is still looking for answers into what really happened in the days after her birth.
Then Aubrey gets pulled for a chat about her perspective of childhood fame, how she thought everyone was fake, a crazy hair car accident, and the Broadway dreams that may or may not include Alan Cumming.
You will laugh when you don't expect to on this episode of Plus One with Lisa and Morgan.
(00:00) Growing Up Famous at Four
(00:40) Mammograms, Boobs & an Olympic Swimming Lie
(05:05) Meet Amy Anderson
(05:43) How Aubrey Got Cast as Lily on Modern Family
(11:53) Navigating Childhood Fame
(16:06) Why Aubrey Stepped Away From Acting
(18:10) Being “Aubrey’s Mom”
(21:09) Surviving the Teenage Years
(24:24) Amy’s Life Before Comedy
(27:09) From Class Clown to Stand-Up Comedian
(29:40) Were Gen X Kids Completely Feral?
(33:11) Amy’s Korean Adoption Story
(37:12) Searching for Her Biological Family
(42:29) The Complicated Truth About International Adoption
(47:07) Becoming a Mom Changed Amy’s View of Her Own Adoption
(51:06) Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Joins the Conversation
(52:25) Aubrey Remembers Booking Modern Family
(54:16) What Being on a TV Set Felt Like at Four
(56:41) Growing Up Recognizable Everywhere
(59:14) When Modern Family Fame Became Overwhelming
(1:00:46) Aubrey on Being Seen as Lily at 19
(1:03:09) Aubrey’s Music & Second Album
(1:06:03) Aubrey on Her Relationship With Her Mom
(1:07:17) Musical Theater, Cabaret & Alan Cumming
(1:09:44) Could Broadway Be Next?
(1:10:14) When Aubrey Is Amy’s Plus One
(1:11:12) How Amy Wants to Be Known Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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