Bowen, 55, has looked back on her upbringing with a real estate developer father who taught her a "golden rule" about success.

Bowen reprises her character, Virginia Venit, in the comedy classic's second installment. Within the first four minutes of the film, Venit — who's since married Happy, welcomed five kids together and started a family — gets killed off, a tragedy caused by her husband.

Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Ben Stiller and more actors from ‘Happy Gilmore’ are returning for ‘Happy Gilmore 2’

After the buzz surrounding Sydney Sweeney potentially taking over Julie Bowen’s role in Happy Gilmore 2 was put to rest, the popular actress had no problem joking about the topic. She also offered high praise to Sweeney,

Julie Bowen chose between her Happy Gilmore 2 co-star, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Making one of Happy Gilmore 2's stars, Julie Bowen, choose between seeing Taylor Swift on tour or one of Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs games is tough, but she knows which she would pick.

Meanwhile, Sandler and Bowen reacted to Bowen’s shocking “Happy Gilmore 2” death during an interview with Entertainment Weekly published shortly after the movie’s release. The “Modern Family” star suggested that her character needed to die to drive Happy and the events of the film.

Nearly 30 years after the original dropped, Happy Gilmore 2 debuts on Netflix on Friday and the reviews are already pouring in for the sequel starring Adam Sandler, who reprises his 1996 role. Happy Gilmore was a classic,