---
name: "Paige O'Hara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paige-ohara"
fi1m_id: "paige-ohara"
imdb_id: "nm0641314"
tmdb_id: 62050
wikidata_id: "Q269677"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 May 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T14:38:13.385667+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paige O'Hara

## Identity

Paige O'Hara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paige-ohara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paige-ohara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0641314
- **TMDB ID:** 62050
- **Wikidata ID:** Q269677
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_O%27Hara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62050

Actor. Born 10 May 1956 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1956, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 1991–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 91 (1), 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Family 3, Animation 2, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,295m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_O%27Hara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62050

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Beauty and the Beast*](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Paige O'Hara

> Paige O'Hara gives Belle warmth without making her intelligence sound like a lesson. Her screen reputation rests largely on *Beauty and the Beast*, and we rate her acting as highly as her singing.

Belle sounds as though she has thought about what she is saying. In *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Paige O'Hara makes her bookishness and independence audible without giving her the chilly voice of someone correcting the company. The singing has the same warmth as the speech, so we never feel that a different performer has arrived for the songs. We were moved by her tenderness, because O'Hara makes affection sound possible for someone who still knows her own mind.

Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale's film occasionally lets the comic bustle crowd the romance, which is our principal reservation about it. O'Hara helps keep the feeling clear, giving Howard Ashman's lyrics and Alan Menken's music the benefit of her stage experience. Her work alongside Robby Benson's Beast has the ease of actors responding to each other. We can hear the technique in her delivery, but she uses it to make Belle's feelings intelligible rather than to advertise the singer's abilities.

This was her film debut, following stage roles including *Show Boat* (1983), and Belle remained her defining screen part. *Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas* (1997) began the film reprises; *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018) returned her to Belle in a cameo. Her live-action appearance as Angela in *Enchanted* (2007) sits outside that run. The later credits largely extend her association with Belle, with little suggestion of a sustained move towards different screen characters.

There is less prominent non-Disney screen work on which to base a broader judgement, and we would not invent one. Nor would we mistake the repeated use of Belle for evidence that O'Hara could only do one thing. What we can hear in that first film is an actor making the speaking voice matter as much as the singing, even with so much musical activity around her. Start with *Beauty and the Beast* and listen as closely between the songs.

## Biography

Paige O'Hara is an American actress, singer and painter. Born Donna Paige Helmintoller on 10 May 1956 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she began her career on Broadway in 1975, appearing in *The Gift of the Magi*.

She made her film debut voicing the title character in Disney's *Beauty and the Beast* (1991). O'Hara reprised the role in *Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas* (1997), *Belle's Magical World* (1998) and later projects including *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018) and *Once Upon a Studio* (2023). She also appeared in *Enchanted* (2007) as Angela. In 2011 she received a Disney Legend Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, disney.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Fi1m 66, as Belle (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), Fi1m 76, as Angela — [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Fi1m 91, as Belle (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), as Belle (voice)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), as Belle (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), as Angela — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess* (2006), as Belle (voice)
- *Disney Princess: A Christmas of Enchantment* (2005), as Belle (voice)
- *Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party* (2005), as Belle (voice)
- *Disney Princess Party: Vol. 2: The Ultimate Princess Pajama Jam!* (2005), Actor
- *Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream* (2004), as Belle (voice)
- *Disney Princess Stories Volume One: A Gift from the Heart* (2004), as Belle (voice)
- *Winter Wonderland* (2003), as Belle (voice) (archive sound)
- *The Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa* (2002), as Nicole (voice)
- *Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse* (2001), as Belle (voice)
- *The Legend of the Candy Cane* (2001), as Jane Aubrey (voice)
- *Disney's House of Mouse* (2001), series, as Belle (voice)
- *Belle's Tales of Friendship* (1999), as Belle / Beast (voice)
- *Belle's Magical World* (1998), as Belle (voice)
- *Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas* (1997), as Belle (voice)
- *Adventures from the Book of Virtues* (1996), series, as The Princess / June Washington (voice)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), as Belle (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md)

## Gallery

- ![Paige O'Hara](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-9e52db7eeac2.jpg) Paige O'Hara — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Paige_O%27Hara_%2849132792143%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Five actresses who have played Disney Princesses appeared at the Disney Legends Ceremony at the Honda Center on August 11, 2024 to honor Disney animator Mark He](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-06dd3b8bc6ee.jpg) Five actresses who have played Disney Princesses appeared at the Disney Legends Ceremony at the Honda Center on August 11, 2024 to honor Disney animator Mark He — Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Disney_Princess_Actresses_at_D23_2024.jpg/1280px-Disney_Princess_Actresses_at_D23_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-b3982f86a2b9.jpg) Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2841738377574%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2841738377574%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-5b84416ca700.jpg) Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2841738384324%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2841738384324%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-dbb08aa01b32.jpg) Linda Larkin and Paige O'Hara speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2842410870172%29.jpg/1280px-Linda_Larkin_%26_Paige_O%27Hara_%2842410870172%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paige O'Hara and Linda Larkin speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if](https://film.one/media/person/78769/gallery-2a22683bebc9.jpg) Paige O'Hara and Linda Larkin speaking at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Paige_O%27Hara_%26_Linda_Larkin_%2841559021085%29.jpg/1280px-Paige_O%27Hara_%26_Linda_Larkin_%2841559021085%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Disney Legends 2011: Disney Legends (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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