Snow White (Once Upon a Time)

Snow White
Promotional photograph of Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret.
Once Upon a Time character
Portrayed by	Ginnifer Goodwin (adult) Bailee Madison (young)
Duration	2011-17, 2018
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"Leaving Storybrooke”
Created by	Adam Horowitz Edward Kitsis
Book appearances	Shadow of the Queen Out of the Past Red's Untold Tale Regina Rising
Classification	Main character Guest character
Profile
Other names	Mary Margaret Blanchard The Fairest One of All Queen Snow (Wish Realm)
Occupation	Teacher Mayor (briefly)
Residence	Storybrooke, Maine
Home	Land Without Magic
Father King Leopold Mother Queen Eva Stepmother Evil Queen/Regina Mills Spouse Prince Charming/David Nolan Children Emma Swan Neal Nolan Grandchildren Henry Mills Hope Jones Grandparents Cora Mills Henry Mills Sr. Other relatives Ruth (mother-in-law) Robert (father-in-law) Prince James (brother-in-law) Killian Jones (son-in-law) Lucy (great-granddaughter)

Snow White, formerly known as Mary Margaret Blanchard in Storybrooke, is a fictional character in ABC's television series Once Upon a Time. She is portrayed by Ginnifer Goodwin and by Bailee Madison as a child. She is the true love of Prince Charming/David Nolan, mother of Emma Swan and son Neal, and grandmother of Emma's children, Henry and Hope. The character has been one of Goodwin's most well received roles, one she has said she loves playing on the show.

Before accepting the role, Goodwin stated in interviews that she'd always wanted to play Snow White and called her acceptance of the role "a no-brainer. Kitsis and Horowitz are self-described big fans of Goodwin's previous series, Big Love, and wrote the part of Snow with Goodwin in mind.

In the Enchanted Forest, Mary Margaret was actually born Snow White, the daughter of King Leopold and Queen Eva. As a young girl, Snow White's mother dies when Cora poisons her, in an attempt to make Cora's daughter Regina the new Queen. Snow is later rescued from a runaway horse by Regina, which leads to her having a loveless marriage with Snow's father. After Regina assumes the throne by killing the King, she recruits the Huntsman to kill Snow, but he ends up sparing her for her selflessness. Snow then lives in the forest, meeting Prince David while robbing him who she nicknames Charming. The pair fall in love, but he returns to his fiancée Princess Abigail, though the Evil Queen holds him captive. In exchange for Charming's life, Snow eats an apple from the Queen containing a sleeping curse. Charming breaks free of his imprisonment and awakens her with true love's kiss. The two are later married. During the wedding the Evil Queen announces her curse to destroy their happiness. Snow gives birth to Emma and she is placed in a magical wardrobe and transported to the real world as the curse takes hold.

In Storybrooke, she appears as Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Mills' fourth grade teacher at Storybrooke Elementary School. As a part-time volunteer at the General Hospital, she awakens David Nolan (Prince Charming) from his coma, and the pair gradually fall in love, despite David's marriage to Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail). Beginning a secret relationship, the affair becomes public and David's marriage breaks down. Mary Margaret becomes an outcast in the town, and is arrested for Kathryn's "murder" after fake evidence is discovered. Kathryn is later found alive, though Mary Margaret's relationship with David becomes strained as he did not believe her innocence. He decides to leave Storybrooke, but the two are reunited when the curse is broken, and they regain their memories.