anika noni rose played the voice of tiana in princess and the frog.
anika noni rose played the voice of tiana in princess and the frog.
who plays the voice of tiana in princess and the frog?
anika noni rose
tiana, voiced by anika noni rose and animated by mark henn, is the ninth disney princess character to be incorporated into the franchise, appearing in disney's 49th animated feature film "the princess and the frog" (2009). her film is loosely based on the novel "the frog princess" by e. d. baker, which is in turn based on the brothers grimm fairy tale "the frog prince". tiana is portrayed as being a hardworking, ambitious, and beautiful young woman who has no love interest (at the start of the film). living in new orleans, louisiana, tiana strives to achieve her goal of opening her own restaurant (an ambition inspired by the accomplishments of real-life restaurateur leah chase). however, she is transformed into a frog after trying to break a spell cast by a bokor on prince naveen that had changed him into a frog also. throughout the film, the pair must embark on a quest to find a way to break the spell. tiana was officially crowned and became a member of the disney princess line-up on march 14, 2010, at the new york palace hotel in manhattan, new york.
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at the ball, tiana discovers she may lose the mill to a higher bidder. tiana then meets naveen, who, believing her to be a princess because of her costume, asks her to kiss him and break facilier's spell. in exchange for the money needed, tiana accepts, but since she's not an actual princess, when she kisses naveen, she is turned into a frog herself, which also gives her the ability to talk to other animals. a chase ensues, and tiana and naveen escape to a bayou. in the bayou, tiana and naveen meet a trumpet-playing alligator named louis, and a cajun firefly named ray. ray believes that the evening star is another firefly named "evangeline", and no one has the heart to tell him otherwise. louis and ray offer to lead tiana and naveen to a voodoo queen mama odie, whom they believe can undo the curse. during the journey, tiana and naveen develop feelings for each other. meanwhile, facilier makes a deal with the voodoo spirits (who he calls his "friends on the other side"), offering them the souls of the people of new orleans; in exchange, the spirits grant facilier the services of a host of shadow demons, whom he orders to find and capture naveen.
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