Meet Halle Bailey, Star of Disney’s The Little Mermaid

We caught up with Halle Bailey at D23 Expo 2022 to get to know the actress and find out more about the live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated film.

Left: Young Spidey is seen soaring through the air in an image from the Disney Channel series Marvel's Spidey and his Amazing Friends. He’s wearing his usual red suit. Middle: In a promo image from Disney+’s American Born Chinese, Jin (Ben Wang) is standing on a table in the cafeteria at his high school. He’s wearing a blue and black long-sleeved t-shirt and his arm is raised. Right: In an image from Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) is standing in a dimly lit room, standing behind a table filled with unique objects and scrolls. Hundreds of scrolls are seen in the bookcases that line the wall behind him.

5 Fantastic Things to Watch This Weekend Presented by State Farm®

Kick off your weekend with 5 Fantastic Things from Disney: new episodes, a remarkable documentary, and an epic Disney+ original series.

QUIZ: Are These the Droids You’re Listening For?

Whether it’s the “beep boops” of R2-D2 or the well-articulated complaints of C-3PO, do you recognize the famous voices behind these droids?

Celebrate 20 Years of Finding Nemo with this Treasure of a Pin!

Celebrate 20 years of fish-filled memories in Finding Nemo with this adorable keepsake pin, exclusive to D23 Gold Members!

Celebrate 40 Years of Little Sparks with this Journey Into Imagination Pin!

The D23 Gold Members pin celebrates 40 years of fan-favorite attraction: Journey Into Imagination With Figment at EPCOT.

Play Senior Superlatives with American Born Chinese Cast and Creatives

We asked the American Born Chinese cast and creatives to vote on who’s most likely to nail a stunt, keep a set memento, or sleep through graduation.

Three images are compiled side by side. On the left is a still from the animated film Beauty and the Beast, in which Belle and the Beast walk arm-in-arm into a grand ballroom to dance. In the center is a still from the live-action reimagining of The Little Mermaid, in which Ariel stands under the trees in a blue dress. On the right is a still from the animated film Tangled, in which Rapunzel hangs by her hair just above the grass outside her tower, nervous to put her feet down.

Your Ultimate Alan Menken Watchlist

Celebrate Alan Menken’s extraordinary Disney musical legacy with this curated list as we anticipate his reimagined score for ‘The Little Mermaid’.

Ariel (Halle Bailey) swims up to the ocean’s surface, fascinated by the shadow of a large ship and the world beyond her underwater kingdom.

Assembling a Seaworthy Cast for The Little Mermaid

Experience the magic of the live-action reimagining of ‘The Little Mermaid’ with an amazing cast including Halle Bailey, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy.

DOWNLOADABLE: That’s No Moon, It’s a Coloring Page

Hello there, incoming transmission from Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi! Have the high ground with this new coloring page.

Behind the Scenes of American Born Chinese

D23 talks with American Born Chinese star Ben Wang and executive producers Melvin Mar, Gene Luen Yang, and Kelvin Yu on bringing the epic adventure to life.