Tiana (Disney)
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Tiana
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| First appearance | The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
| Created by |
Ron Clements John Musker The Brothers Grimm E. D. Baker |
| Portrayed by | Jennifer Hudson (Disney Dreams Portraits photographs) |
| Voiced by |
Anika Noni Rose Elizabeth M. Dampier (young) |
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| Nickname(s) | Tia |
| Species | Human (originally) Frog (magical transformation) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Waitress Restaurateur |
| Title | Princess |
| Family | James (father, deceased) Eudora (mother) |
| Spouse(s) | Prince Naveen |
| Relatives | The King of Maldonia (father-in-law) The Queen of Maldonia (mother-in-law) Prince Ralphie (brother-in-law) |
| Nationality | American |
Tiana is a fictional main character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 49th animated feature film The Princess and the Frog (2009). Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker and animated by Mark Henn, Tiana is voiced by Anika Noni Rose as an adult, while Elizabeth M. Dampier voices the character as a child.
Tiana is loosely based on two princesses. Firstly, Princess Emma, the heroine of E. D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess. Secondly, the princess that appears in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale titled The Frog Prince (published in 1812) by which E.D. Baker's novel was originally inspired.
A hardworking waitress who dreams of opening her own restaurant, Tiana's progress is stalled when she transforms into a frog after desperately kissing a prince who has been turned into one by an evil witch doctor. The ninth Disney Princess, Tiana is the first to be of African-American heritage.
Tiana has been mostly positively received, with critics praising her personality and values. However, the depiction of Tiana and her community has been criticized for lacking "emphasis on racial issues". The decision to depict the two main characters, Tiana and Naveen, as frogs for the majority of the movie has also caused controversy, with some saying that it is equating people of color to animals.
According to co-director John Musker, adapting the fairy tale The Frog Prince by the Brothers Grimm into an animated feature film had been a subject at Walt Disney Animation Studios for 18 years. The project was repeatedly shelved because the studio was unsuccessful in creating a version with which they were satisfied. When Disney bought the rights to The Frog Princess, a novel written by E. D. Baker that is based on the fairy tale, in 2006, co-directors Ron Clements and Musker were hired to lead the studio in yet another attempt at adapting the fairy tale, choosing 1920s New Orleans, Louisiana, as its setting. Although originally conceived as a computer-animated film, Clements and Musker fought for The Princess and the Frog to be traditionally animated.
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