Tempe, Arizona. Transition to film and Beauty and the Beast A longtime fan of Walt Disney Pictures, O'Hara auditioned for Beauty and the Beast at the age of 35 after reading about the film in The New York Times. In Season 2 of The Legend of Prince Valiant (which starred her Beauty and the Beast co-star Robby Benson), O'Hara had a recurring role as Princess Aleta (who was later promoted to queen). Benson's character Prince Valiant fell in love with Aleta at first sight. O'Hara also starred as Venus in the BBC's recorded broadcast of the live presentation of Kurt Weill's "One Touch of Venus" and in tribute to her Belle character from Beauty and the Beast, she portrayed Angela, a character in a fictional soap opera, for Disney's 2007 live-action/traditional 2-D animated film Enchanted. For her work as Belle, O'Hara was honored with a Disney Legend Award on August 19, 2011. As of 2011, O'Hara was replaced by Julie Nathanson as the voice of Belle due to her voice changing significantly over the course of twenty years. Despite this, she still paints Belle for Disney Fine Art and also continues to do promotional appearances for Disney. In 2016, O'Hara appeared at numerous special screenings of Beauty and the Beast in honor of the film's 25th anniversary. O'Hara reprised her role as Belle in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet. She appeared as a librarian in the TV special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration. Personal life O'Hara met actor Michael Piontek in 1989. After six years of dating, they married in 1995. O'Hara's religious background is Catholic. Filmography Film Television Video games Theatre Discography Jerome Kern: Show Boat, conducted by John McGlinn, EMI, 1988 References External links Paige O'Hara at the Disney Legends Website Q&A With Paige O'Hara 1956 births Living people Actresses from Fort Lauderdale, Florida American musical theatre actresses American people of British descent American people of Dutch descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American Roman Catholics American sopranos American stage actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses American women painters Audiobook narrators Musicians from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Nova High School alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers 20th-century Roman Catholics