It's Been 22 Years Since Friends—Here's What Baby Emma Looks Like Now

And no, the answer is not a reboot, a spinoff, or a tragically overacted HBO Max revival. It's real life. And like all things born in 2002, Baby Emma is now legally old enough to rent a car.

Turns out, Emma wasn't played by one adorable baby — but by twin sisters Athena and Alexandra Conley, who were cast when they were just six months old. And they didn't even live in Los Angeles. As Athena told People:

"My mom's friend from church was a part of a twins club, and everyone in this club knew about this Friends audition that was happening locally... She told my mom, ‘You should just take your daughters to L.A. just for one day.'"

It worked. After a mass photo session with "a bunch of twins," the casting director didn't even wait to send an email. According to Athena, "When we were walking out, they stopped us and said, ‘You guys got the part.'"

The sisters appeared in ten episodes, starting with the Friends Season 8 finale and continuing through Season 9. Then came the inevitable Hollywood twist: recasting.

"They couldn't use just one baby the whole time due to child labor laws," Athena explained. "So they had to replace us after Season 9 with a new pair of twins."

As for what it was like on set, they don't remember much — being literal infants and all — but their mom and grandma made weekly trips to the Friends studio, and apparently had a better time than most TV extras ever will.

"All of the cast members were so nice and they were all hilarious, just cracking jokes the whole time," Athena said. "She felt like she was watching the show even when filming wasn't taking place."

Now, 23 years old, the sisters are all grown up — with careers, college degrees, and the occasional reminder that they were once part of the most over-syndicated sitcom in TV history.

Here's where they ended up:

• Athena lives in Denver, works in finance as an investment control reconciler, and moonlights as a Denver Broncos cheerleader.
• Alexandra is in Los Angeles, working in social media and marketing for a beauty brand.
• Both are Cal Poly grads.

They only recently went public with their Friends past via TikTok — a fact that shocked even their own friends.

"It's just like a fact that we don't really bring up all that often," Athena said. "Or I just assume people know it by now, but they all freak out when they find out."