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Auliʻi Cravalho Biography
Auliʻi Cravalho is an American actress who debuted her acting career at the age of 16 as the voice of Moana in Disney’s Moana in 2016. She went on to star in NBC’s Rise in 2018, Netflix’s All Together Now in 2020, Darby and the Dead in 2022, Amazon Prime Video’s The Power in 2023, Disney Channel’s Hailey’s On It!, and Mean Girls musical in 2024. Cravalho will reprise her role as the voice of Moana in Moana 2, premiering in the United States on November 27, 2024.
Auliʻi Cravalho Height
Cravalho stands at a rough height of 5 feet and 3 inches.
Auliʻi Cravalho Age
Cravalho is 23 years old. She was born on November 22, 2000, in Kohala, Hawaii, U.S.A. Cravalho annually celebrates her birthday on November 22nd.
Personal Life
Auliʻi Cravalho Family and Relatives
Cravalho was living in Mililani, Hawaii with her mother, Puanani Cravalho, at the time of her career breakthrough. Even so, she keeps more information regarding her family and relatives away from the public eye. However, we will update this information once it’s available to the public.
Auliʻi Cravalho Boyfriend/Is She Gay?
Cravalho came out as bisexual in April 2020. In January 2024, she shared that she had Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, a group of 13 genetic connective-tissue disorders with symptoms like loose joints, joint pain, stretchy velvety skin, and abnormal scar formation.
Cravalho is a Democrat who supports Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. She joined Artists4Ceasefire during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. In this capacity, she signed the group’s open letter compelling Joe Biden to promote a ceasefire to end the war.
Auliʻi Cravalho Education
In June 2021, Cravalho disclosed that Columbia University accepted her into their institution and that she planned on majoring in Environmental Science. During her first year in high school, she sang soprano in the glee club at Kamehameha Schools’ Kapālama campus.
Professional Life
Auliʻi Cravalho Net Worth
Cravalho has garnered a net worth ranging from $500, 000 to $2 million during her successful career as an actress.
Auliʻi Cravalho Career
Cravalho kickstarted her career at the age of 16 in 2016 voicing the titular role in the animated movie, Moana. She initially didn’t want to audition for the role since there were numerous other submissions that she felt she didn’t need to try. However, she was discovered by a talent agent in Oahu through a charity video contest, bringing her to Los Angeles to audition for the role. Rachel Sutton, the casting director, said that she was the last person to audition out of dozens of actresses.
In February 2017, Cravalho was announced as a cast member on NBC’s Rise. In May of that same year, she sang the national anthem at the National Memorial Day Concert. She was announced to reprise her voicing role in Moana in the first Hawaiian language–dubbed Disney film. She starred as Ariel in ABC’s live-action concert rendition of The Little Mermaid, The Little Mermaid Live! on November 5, 2019. The following year, she appeared in Netflix’s All Together Now.
2018 to present;
Twice, Cravalho served as the guest narrator for Disney’s Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2018 and 2021. Further, she was involved in Brando Crawford’s live classic play and screenplay reading series, Acting for a Cause, in 2020. There, she starred as Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, Laertes in Hamlet, Lady Catherine in Pride and Prejudice, and Jeannie Bueller in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Acting for a Cause collected money for non-profit charities like Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Cravalho was declared as the voice of Hailey in Hailey’s On It! on November 18, 2021. Moreover, she starred as Jos Cleary-Lopez in The Power and Janis ‘Imi’ike in Mean Girls. She was declared the executive producer of the upcoming live adaptation of Moana.
In 2024, she revealed that she turned down playing the titular role because she felt she needed to yield the floor to the next young woman of Pacific Island descent. She also took over the role of Sally Bowles in the Broadway production of Cabaret sicne September 16, 2024.
Besides TV, Cravalho voiced Nalani Mahiʻai in the game, The Sims 4, in 2019. She also voiced Moana in Disney Dreamlight Valley in 2023, and Meeka in Ark 2 in 2024. In 2018, she appeared in the music video for Live Your Story.
Auliʻi Cravalho Etnicity and Nationality
Cravalho is an American citizen with Chinese, Native Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, Portuguese, and Irish roots.
Movies and TV Shows
Auliʻi Cravalho Moana
Cravalho kickstarted her career at the age of 16 in 2016 voicing the titular role in the animated movie, Moana. She initially didn’t want to audition for the role since there were numerous other submissions that she felt she didn’t need to try. However, she was discovered by a talent agent in Oahu through a charity video contest, bringing her to Los Angeles to audition for the role. Rachel Sutton, the casting director, said that she was the last person to audition out of dozens of actresses.
Moana follows the story of Moana, the daughter of a chief of the Polynesian island of Motunui, and his wife, Sina. She is tasked with reuniting a mystical relic with the goddess, Te Fiti, by the ocean. After decay impacts her land, she goes searching for a legendary demigod, Maui(voiced by Dwayne Johnson/The Rock), so that they can give Te Fiti back her relic and rescue her people. Besides the English version, she also reprised her role in the film’s Hawaiian-language version.
Moana 2
Cravalho will reprise her role as the voice of Moana in Moana 2, premiering in the United States on November 27, 2024. The sequel follows Moana as she journeys to the far seas of Oceania after receiving an abrupt call from her wayfinding ancestors three years after returning Te Fiti’s mystical relic. After forming her own crew, she tries to break the Nalo’s curse on the hidden island of Motufetu, which once linked the people of the ocean, facing old and new foes like the Kakamora and underworld goddess, Matangi.
Auliʻi Cravalho Mean Girls
Cravalho portrayed Janis ‘Imi’ike in Mean Girls in 2024. Janis is the friend of Cady and Damian. Janis and Damian introduced Cady to the multiple cliques, cautioning her to evade one known as the “Plastics,” consisting of the insecure gossiper Gretchen Wieners, unintelligent and bubbly Karen Shetty, and manipulative “Queen bee” Regina George. She convinces Cady to infiltrate the “Plastics.” Janis was previously friends with Regina but had a fallout when she outed her lesbian sexuality to the school..
Auliʻi Cravalho Other Films and TV Shows
During her career, Cravalho has starred in a couple of movies and TV shows such as;
- Moana
- Ralph Breaks the Internet
- All Together Now
- Crush
- Darby and the Dead
- Once Upon a Studio
- Weird City
- Elena of Avalor
- Chibiverse
- Mean Girls
- Krapopolis
Auliʻi Cravalho Social Media
Cravalho has active social media platforms i.e. Facebook and Instagram. She has a following of over 330K on Facebook and a following of over 950K on Instagram.