Paige O'Hara | |
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![]() O'Hara in 2019 | |
Born | Paige O'Hara May 10, 1956 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 1975–present |
Spouses | Lew Resseguie
(m. 1980, divorced)Michael Piontek (m. 1990) |
Awards | Disney Legend (2011) |
Website | www |
Paige O'Hara (born May 10, 1956)[1][2] is an American actress, singer, and painter. O'Hara began her career as a Broadway actress in 1975 when she portrayed Della in The Gift of the Magi. In 1991, she made her motion picture debut in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, in which she voiced the film's heroine, Belle. Following the critical and commercial success of Beauty and the Beast, O'Hara reprised her role as Belle in the film's three direct-to-video follow-ups, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), Belle's Magical World (1998), Belle's Tales of Friendship (1999), and for cameo appearances in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and Once Upon a Studio (2023).