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Uliana is a main antagonist in the film Descendants: The Rise of Red. She is the younger sister of Ursula, and maternal aunt of Uma. She was a bully and the leader of her own gang at Merlin Academy.
She is voiced and portrayed by Dara Reneé.
Background Information
Personality
Uliana is a force to be reckoned with. She is a teen sea-witch and mean-girl bully with eight wicked tentacles which she uses to rule Merlin Academy. She often feels like she has to outdo Ursula’s evilness which causes her to torment any poor unfortunate soul who happens to cross her path. However, Uliana is not necessarily immoral and more misunderstood; her insecurities of not being as powerful as her sister, Ursula causes her to lash out on others. Deep down, her biggest fear is that others will see the hidden vulnerability caused by her sister.
Physical appearance
Uliana is a beautiful brown-skinned girl with thick, long beautiful blue, green, teal, and yellow locks which she wears in a crown. Her makeup is lightly made, with an exception to her turquoise and purple colored eye-shadow. Her outfits are always made by the top designers of the sea. She wears a sea green leather jacket with purple shoulder pads and gold lining as well as green fabris that resembles electricity. Uliana sports a teal and purple sequin shirt under her jacket as well. She also wears a black belt with her emblem, a eel wrapped around a tentacle along with turquoise and purple fabrics under her belt to make a skirt with aqua colored pants with gems, and black combat boots with purple straps and platforms. Even in her human form, her eight tentacles are always behind her.
History
Founding of Auradon
Like other villains, after the founding of Auradon she was sent to the Isle of the Lost.[1]
Descendants: The Rise of Red
Red and Chloe meet Uliana in the past as a student at Merlin Academy, being a spiteful bully who deliberately targets Ella and Bridget for, as she states, "standing in her way". She dislikes how Bridget is always capable of seeing good in people and teases her with her gang. For instance, when she is offered one of her flamingo-feathered cupcakes, Uliana snatches them in an attempt to steal all the feathers which are well-known for causing mischievous side effects and places them all in her mouth despite several warnings. As a result, she is temporarily transformed into her flamingo-headed self, where she chases the two around and falls into a pool of water where she revives herself.
This is where her revenge started for the princess of Wonderland and so she planned to use on of Principal Merlin's spellbooks to pull a prank on her during a celebration so she could ridicule her in front of an audience and finally remove her out of her tentacle's ways.
At Merlin Academy, after leaving Morgie watching, Uliana goes with Hook, Maleficent and Hades to Principal Merlin’s office to look for the Sorcerer's Cookbook. After finding the Sorcerer's Cookbook on the floor, they open it, but the book causes the four to become petrified. Because of this, Red and Chloe Charming, who were already there, appear before them and snatch the book from them. After that, Principal Merlin arrives, finding the four young villains petrified, and telling them that as punishment they will be like this for a long time.
Songs
Descendants: The Rise of Red
- Group songs
(with Bridget, Red, Chloe, Merlin Academy including Maleficent, Hades, Hook and Morgie)
(with Hook, Hades, Maleficent, and Morgie)
Trivia
- Dara Reneé also appeared as herself in the special Descendants Remix Dance Party, released four years before The Rise of Red alongside Kylie Cantrall.
- Initially, she was announced as Ulya, the younger sister of Uma.[2]
- This later turned out to be a mistake.[3]
- In other Disney media, set outside of the Descendants continuity, Ursula also has other siblings:
- In the animated sequel of The Little Mermaid, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Ursula has another young sister named Morgana. Uliana has several similarities with her, such as her name ending in "-ana", a similar green-coded color scheme, and the characteristic of wanting to surpass her older sister Ursula, perhaps Morgana serving as an inspiration for the creation of Uliana in these aspects.
- In some media based on The Little Mermaid, like books about the film or the Villains book series by Serena Valentino, the stage musical, or the live-action remake, King Triton is Ursula's older brother.
- She has several similarities with her niece, Uma:
- Both Uliana and Uma have their own gangs that include a member of the Hook family.
- Like Uma has history with Mal, Uliana has history with Maleficent and Hades.
- Like Uma in Escape from the Isle of the Lost, Uliana has worked together with Hades.
- Instead of an octopus, her icon is a moray eel wrapping around a trident. This could be a reference to Flotsam and Jetsam.
References
- ↑ Descendants: The World of Auradon: Royals and Villains, Page 104 – The Isle of the Lost is mentioned as Uliana's home kingdom.
- ↑ @DisneyPlus. "🌊 @dara_renee as Ulya, younger sister of Uma (7/11)". X.
- ↑ "Brandy & Rita Ora Among 7 Cast In ‘Descendants’ Sequel ‘The Pocketwatch’ At Disney+". Deadline (November 21, 2022).
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