--- description: Learn more about the stars who have brought emotions to life title: Meet the Emotions of Pixar's Inside Out image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the Emotions of Pixar's _Inside Out_ by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 1:31 PM CUT by [Joseph C. Lin](/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 1:31 PM CUT Pixar’s new film _Inside Out_ personifies the five major emotions — Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust — residing in the mind of a preteen girl named Riley. Throughout the movie, the five embodied emotions all work to guide and protect her. Take a closer look at the emotions and their voices below. _Inside Out_ opens in theaters on June 19. ### Joy  Pixar/Disney; Getty Images Amy Poehler stars as the personification of Joy in _Inside Out_. She’s the first emotion to manifest itself in Riley’s head and does her best to help her human girl make happy memories. ### Sadness  Pixar/Disney; Getty Images Phyllis Smith brings a voice to melancholy and despair as the personification of Sadness. None of the emotions, not even Sadness herself, understand why she exists. ### Fear  Pixar/Disney; Getty Images Fear, voiced by Bill Hader, is on a constant lookout for every possible danger that could befall Riley whether it’s the first day of school or nightmarish clowns. ### Anger  Pixar/Disney; Getty Images Lewis Black fittingly voices Anger in _Inside Out_ and does his best to protect Riley from injustices like no dessert. ### Disgust  Pixar/Disney; Getty Images Disgust, voiced by Mindy Kaling, is always looking out for Riley’s best interests like making sure she doesn’t wear tacky clothes or get poisoned by the mysterious green substance known as broccoli (yuck!). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924847/pixar-disney-inside-out-emotions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924847/pixar-disney-inside-out-emotions/"},"headline":"Meet the Emotions of Pixar's Inside Out","datePublished":"2015-06-19T13:31:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:59.563Z","description":"Learn more about the stars who bring the new film's emotions to life","url":"https://time.com/3924847/pixar-disney-inside-out-emotions/","keywords":["movies","Amy Poehler","Disney","Pixar","Mindy Kaling","Bill Hader","Inside Out"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924847/pixar-disney-inside-out-emotions/","name":"Meet the Emotions of Pixar's Inside Out"}}]}] ```