The Princess and The Frog - Cast and Characters

Cast and Characters

• Anika Noni Rose as Tiana/"Tia", a 19-year-old waitress and aspiring chef/restaurateur. She is a smart, hard working, and independent young woman, but one who works so hard that she often forgets important things such as love, fun, and family. Originally, Tiana was supposed to be known as "Maddy". Mark Henn served as the supervising animator for Tiana in both human and frog form, making her one of several Disney lead female characters he has animated.
  • Elizabeth Dampier voices Tiana as a child.
• Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, the 20-year-old prince of Maldonia. Naveen is a ne'er-do-well and playboy who has been cut off from his family's riches until he learns the value of responsibility. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator of Naveen in both human and frog form.
• Michael-Leon Wooley as Louis, a friendly, neurotic, trumpet-playing alligator whose dream is to become human so he can join a jazz band. His name comes from the famous jazz artist Louis Armstrong. Eric Goldberg, the supervising animator of Louis and other miscellaneous characters, won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work on the film.
• Jim Cummings as Ray, a Cajun firefly who knows Mama Odie and offers to help the frogs get to her. Ray has an unrequited love for the Evening Star, which he believes is another firefly named "Evangeline" (a reference to the 19th-century Longfellow poem). Mike Surrey was the supervising animator for Ray.
• Keith David as Doctor Facilier, alias "The Shadow Man", a silver-tongued but evil voodoo witch doctor. Bruce W. Smith, supervising animator of Doctor Facilier, referred to the character as the "lovechild" of his two favorite Disney Villains: Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953), and Cruella de Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). Smith was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production for his work.
• Jennifer Cody as Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff, a wealthy Southern débutante and Tiana's best friend since childhood. Nik Ranieri served as the supervising animator of Charlotte as an adult and child. Jennifer Cody won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her performance.
  • Breanna Brooks voices Charlotte as a child.
• Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, a blind voodoo priestess who serves as the film's Fairy Godmother. Andreas Deja was the supervising animator for both Mama Odie and her pet snake, Juju and was nominated for the Annie Award for Character Animation in a Feature Production.
• Peter Bartlett as Lawrence, Prince Naveen's valet, whom Dr. Facilier recruits as a partner in his scheme by transforming him to look like Naveen using a blood charm. Anthony DeRosa was the supervising animator for the Lawrence character, whose design was influenced by the Mr. Smee character from Peter Pan.
• John Goodman as Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, a wealthy Southern sugar mill owner and father of Charlotte La Bouff. Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for "Big Daddy" La Bouff.
• Oprah Winfrey as Eudora, Tiana's mother. Ruben Aquino animated both Eudora and her husband, James.
• Terrence Howard as James, Tiana's father, who helped instill a strong work ethic in Tiana. He was killed in World War I.
• Frank Welker as Stella (vocal effects), Lottie's pet dog who talks to Tiana during the movie, when she is chasing them on the table and she loves Tiana's beignets and begs at Tiana when she wants one.
• Dee Bradley Baker as Juju, is Mama Odie's pet snake and she hangs around Mama Odie's neck and wants to help Tiana, Naveen, Ray, and Louis. She is very nice to them but she eats a lot of bugs in Mama Odie's house.