Auliʻi Cravalho (;[2][3] born November 22, 2000)[1] is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film Moana.[4][5][6][7] She went on to star in the NBC drama series Rise (2018), the Netflix drama film All Together Now (2020) and the Hulu romantic comedy Crush (2022). Early life[edit]Cravalho was born in Kohala, Hawaii,[1] to Cathleen Puanani Cravalho, of Native Hawaiian descent, and Dwayne Cravalho,[8] of mixed Puerto Rican, Portuguese, Chinese, and Irish descent.[6][9] At the time she made her breakthrough, she was living in Mililani, Hawaii with her mother and was in her freshman year of high school, singing soprano in the glee club[10][11] at Kamehameha Schools' Kapālama campus.[12] Career[edit]Cravalho has stated that she was initially not going to audition for Moana because "there were already so many great submissions that I didn’t think I needed to try out.”[13] However, an Oahu talent agent discovered her through a charity video contest and brought her to Los Angeles to audition for the role.[9][14] Casting director Rachel Sutton has stated that Cravalho was the last person to audition out of hundreds of actresses.[9][15] In February 2017, it was announced that she had been cast in the pilot for the NBC drama Rise, which was ordered to series on May 4, 2017.[16][17] The series premiered on March 13, 2018, but NBC cancelled the series on May 15, 2018, due to low ratings.[18] In May 2017, she sang the national anthem at the National Memorial Day Concert. In November 2017, Cravalho announced she was going to reprise her role as Moana in the first Hawaiian-language dubbed Disney film.[19][20] The dubbed Moana premiered on June 10, 2018.[21] On November 5, 2019, Cravalho portrayed Ariel in ABC's The Little Mermaid Live!, a live-action concert rendition of The Little Mermaid.[22][23] In 2020, she starred in All Together Now, directed by Brett Haley for Netflix.[24] In 2020, Cravalho participated in Acting for a Cause, a live classic play and screenplay reading series created, directed and produced by Brando Crawford.[25] Cravalho played Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest,[26] Laertes in Hamlet, Lady Catherine in Pride and Prejudice, and Jeannie Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The reading raised funds for non-profit charities including Mount Sinai Medical Center.[25] Cravalho was cast as the title character, Hailey, in the animated comedy-adventure series Hailey's On It!, which is slated to premiere in 2023.[27] Personal life[edit]In April 2020, Cravalho publicly came out as bisexual, with a preference for women.[28] In June 2021, Cravalho announced that she was accepted into Columbia University and subsequently revealed that she plans to major in environmental science at the school.[29][30] Filmography[edit]Film
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Who is doing Moana's voice?Auliʻi Cravalho (/aʊˈliːʔi krəˈvɑːljoʊ/; born November 22, 2000) is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the 2016 Disney 3D computer-animated musical feature film Moana.
Who does Moana's dad's voice?TEMUERA MORRISON ("Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones," "Once Were Warriors," "Six Days, Seven Nights") voices Moana's father, CHIEF TUI, the gregarious and well-respected leader of the people of Motunui Island.
Who are the voices of Moana and Maui?The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Dwayne Johnson (Maui), Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and Troy Polamalu (Villager No. 1) are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealand- ...
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