Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress and voice actress. She starred as Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series Modern Family, for which she and her co-stars won four consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She also voiced the titular character in the Disney Junior show Sofia the First, Gretchen in the Disney Channel and Disney XD show Phineas and Ferb and Penny Peterson in the 2014 animated film Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

Early life
Winter was born 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.