--- title: Idina Menzel Frozen: She Supports Giving Elsa a Girlfriend description: Idina Menzel, who voices Elsa in 'Frozen', agrees with the petition to give the character a girlfriend. canonical: https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/ author: Robin Hilmantel article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-23T14:11:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:33.974Z og:title: Idina Menzel Wants to Give Frozen's Elsa a Girlfriend og:description: 'I think it's great' og:url: https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f80451511f92cb/698894530b72e30df96e97ee/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Tribeca Talks Storytellers - Idina Menzel - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Idina Menzel Wants to Give Frozen's Elsa a Girlfriend twitter:description: 'I think it's great' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f80451511f92cb/698894530b72e30df96e97ee/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Idina Menzel Likes the Idea of Giving Elsa a Girlfriend in the _Frozen_ Sequel > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Steve Mack/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Idina Menzel attends Tribeca Talks Storytellers at SVA Theatre 1 on April 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Mack/FilmMagic) Steve Mack—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Robin Hilmantel](https://time.com/author/robin-hilmantel/) ## Robin Hilmantel May 23, 2016 2:11 PM UTC For weeks, _Frozen_ fans have been [petitioning Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend](http://time.com/4316084/frozen-disney-elsa-girlfriend/) in the movie’s sequel. And now, #GiveElsaaGirlfriend supporters know that Idina Menzel supports their mission. “I think it’s great,” [Menzel told ET](http://www.etonline.com/news/189295%5Fexclusive%5Fidina%5Fmenzel%5Freacts%5Fto%5Ffrozen%5F2%5Fpetition%5Fto%5Fgive%5Felsa%5Fa%5Fgirlfriend/) Sunday while on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet. “Disney’s just gotta contend with that. I’ll let them figure that out.” Menzel, who is the voice of Elsa, says she will love the character regardless of what Disney ultimately decides. “No matter what,” Menzel said, adding Elsa “changed my life.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/"},"headline":"Idina Menzel Likes the Idea of Giving Elsa a Girlfriend in the Frozen Sequel","datePublished":"2016-05-23T14:11:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:33.974Z","description":"'I think it's great'","url":"https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/","keywords":["motto","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f80451511f92cb/698894530b72e30df96e97ee/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Robin Hilmantel","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/robin-hilmantel/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23f80451511f92cb/698894530b72e30df96e97ee/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tribeca Talks Storytellers - Idina Menzel - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival","caption":"Tribeca Talks Storytellers - Idina Menzel - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival","creditText":"Steve Mack—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4344640/idina-menzel-frozen-elsa-girlfriend/","name":"Idina Menzel Likes the Idea of Giving Elsa a Girlfriend in the Frozen Sequel"}}]}] ```