Soleil Moon Frye (L) and Cherie Johnson reunite in "Punky Brewster." Photo courtesy of Peacock Soleil Moon Frye returns as a grown-up Punky Brewster. File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI | License Photo Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) still wears different colored sneakers and overalls. Photo courtesy of Peacock Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) adopts foster child Izzy (Quinn Copeland). Photo courtesy of Peacock LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- For Soleil Moon Frye, who was 12 when Punky Brewster ended in 1988, reviving the series for a Peacock iteration was more than just a reboot. Frye, now 44, said she wanted to resurrect the attitude her original show represented.