Paige O'Hara
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| Born | Donna Paige Helmintoller May 10, 1956 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Piontek (?-present) |
Paige O'Hara (born May 10, 1956) is an American Broadway singer and actress.
O'Hara was born Donna Paige Helmintoller in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is notable for providing the singing and speaking voice of Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, a role she has reprised for all subsequent spin-offs and sequels of the film, including the Square Enix/Disney Kingdom Hearts video game series.
She previously performed on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Les Misérables and a revival of Showboat. In tribute to her Belle character, for the Disney live action/traditional 2-D animated movie Enchanted, O'Hara portrayed Angela, a character in a fictional soap opera that was a tribute to Beauty and the Beast.
O'Hara is married to Michael Piontek.
