--- title: Whitney Avalon and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cinderella-Belle Rap Battle description: Whitney Avalon and Sarah Michelle Gellar team up for the latest edition of Avalon's Princess Rap Battle video series canonical: https://time.com/3745057/cinderella-belle-rap-battle/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-14T18:23:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:53.867Z og:title: Watch This Princess Rap Battle Between Cinderella and Belle og:description: Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a sassy Cinderella og:url: https://time.com/3745057/cinderella-belle-rap-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Princess Rap Battle Between Cinderella and Belle twitter:description: Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a sassy Cinderella twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Princess Rap Battle Between Cinderella and Belle > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 14, 2015 6:23 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 14, 2015 6:23 PM UTC Who’s the fairest of them all? Decide for yourself in the new princess rap battle between Belle and Cinderella. YouTube performer Whitney Avalon and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar team up for the latest edition of Avalon’s Princess Rap Battle video series as Cinderella (Gellar) and Belle (Avalon). “Your tale as old as time sets us back fifty years,” raps Avalon’s Belle to Cinderella. “Do your chores, clean the floors, ’til a man just appears?” Gellar’s Cinderella raps back: “Oh I’m the one who’s shallow ’cause your prince was really hairy? The Beast was in the friend zone ’til he gave you his library.” The new video is the fourth edition of [the series](https://www.youtube.com/user/WhitneyAvalon), which includes other battles between princesses like Snow White versus Frozen’s Elsa. ### Meet the Voices of the Disney Princesses  Anna: Kristen Bell Best known for her role as Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell plays Anna, the younger sister of Elsa in Disney’s Frozen. Although Anna will not be officially added to the pantheon of Disney princesses until she’s inducted in an official ceremony at a later date, Bell was nonetheless excited for the part. “Oh, I was in glee.” Bell said in an interview with wegotthiscovered.com. “I have always wanted to be part of a Disney animated feature. I grew up watching all of the old Disney musicals, and was especially obsessed with The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. It had always been my dream as a little girl to be a Disney princess, like it is everybody’s.” Disney; Imeh Akpanudosen—WireImage  Elsa: Idina Menzel Fans of Broadway and Glee will instantly recognize Idina Menzel. The storied thespian was part of the original casts of Rent and Wicked as Maureen Johnson and Elphaba respectively. She also played Shelby Corcoran, Rachel Berry’s mother, in Glee. Like Anna, Elsa will not be officially known as a princess until the character is inducted at a later date. Disney; Imeh Akpanudosen—WireImage  Merida: Kelly Macdonald The Scottish actress made her movie debut in the cult classic Trainspotting and played Helena Ravenclaw in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 before voicing Merida, the first Disney princess produced by Pixar. Disney; Todd Williamson—Invision/AP  Rapunzel: Mandy Moore The Grammy-winning pop star made her music debut with the single “Candy” in 1999\. Ten years later she was singing a different tune as a Disney princess. “To be a Disney princess in a Disney film, it really has been a total dream come true.” said Moore in an interview with SheKnows.com. Disney; Brian Dowling—PictureGroup/AP  Tiana: Anika Noni Rose It was Anika Noni Rose’s lifelong dream to work for Disney. “Since I was a little kid I wanted to work for Disney—and I didn’t need to be the Princess! I would have been a tick or a flea!” The Tony Award winning actress got her wish when she was chosen to voice Tiana in The Frog Princess. In 2011, Rose would also be inducted into the Disney Legends, a hall of fame for those who have made a significant impact on the Disney legacy. Disney; Todd Wawrychuk—Disney Channel/Getty Images  Mulan: Ming-Na Wen The Chinese-American actress made her television debut on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in 1985 as a Royal Trumpeter and starred in The Joy Luck Club as June Woo before she became the voice of Mulan. She currently plays Melinda May on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Disney; Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images  Pocahontas: Irene Bedard Born in Alaska, Irene Bedard is of Inupiat, Inuit and Métis descent. Bedard was not only the voice of Pocahontas, animators also incorporated some of her facial expressions into the character. Disney; Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images  Jasmine: Linda Larkin “Aladdin was my first big job, and it definitely opened a lot of doors for me,” Larkin once said. “I think being the voice of Princess Jasmine has given me an extra advantage in getting some of the jobs I’ve had—although sometimes they find out about me being Princess Jasmine after they’ve hired me, and that’s always fun!” She would continue her acting career on TV series such as Wings and Law & Order: Criminal Intent and was honored as a Disney Legend in 2011. Disney (2)  Belle: Paige O’Hara Paige O’Hara auditioned for Belle five times before she got the role. “I had been a Disney fanatic from the time I was little,” O’Hara once said. “As soon as I heard about the project, I called my agent and said, ‘I have to be seen for this.’ She would go on to have a musical career spanning the opera and Broadway and was inducted into the Disney Legends in 2011. Disney; Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images  Ariel: Jodi Benson Jodi Benson’s goal was always to make it to Broadway, but along the way she beat out over 500 other actresses to become the voice of Ariel. She was also the voice of Barbie in Pixar’s Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 and also became a Disney Legend in 2011. Disney; Jordan Strauss—Invision / AP  Aurora: Mary Costa Mary Costa’s first professional singing job was as the voice of Aurora. “I really had no experience, but by the time the movie was released, I was singing in the opera. It was a very fast, exciting time for me.” Costa would go on to perform in 44 operatic roles throughout the United States and Europe and joined the Disney Legends in 1999. Disney; Disney/AP  Cinderella: Ilene Woods Ilene Woods lucked into the role of Cinderella by singing “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” and “So This Is Love” for her songwriter friends Mack David and Jerry Livingston. Walt Disney heard her recordings and hired her to be the voice of Cinderella. Woods would be honored as a part of the Disney Legends in 2003. Disney (2)  Snow White: Adriana Caselotti More than 150 girls had already auditioned for the role of Snow White before Adriana Caselotti was chosen to voice the first Disney princess. She recalled in 1987, “I’d never worked in show business before (Snow White). I feel very blessed. Not everyone gets the chance to be part of a genuine classic like Snow White.” Caselotti would also be inducted into the Disney Legends in 1994. 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