Donna Paige Helmintoller (later known as Paige O'Hara; born May 10, 1956) is an American actress, singer, voice actress and painter. She began her career as a Broadway actress in 1983. That year, she played Ellie May Chipley in the musical "Show Boat". In 1991 she had her first movie act in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". She voiced the heroine Belle in the movie and its follow-ups.