Who plays Ursula in The Little Mermaid?

Ursula is played by Melissa McCarthy.

What are Ursula's abilities?

Ursula's abilities include dark magic, shapeshifting, hypnotism, eel control, spellcasting.

Ursula has 4 mapped relationships in The Little Mermaid. Explore the interactive relationship map for details.

Occupation: magician. Eye Color: Gray. Hair Color: White hair. Manner of Death: Homicide. Nationality: Atlantican.

Sea witch antagonist in the 2023 live-action remake

Ursula — Conflict Contractual Adversary — Ariel (Halle Bailey)
Ursula manipulates Ariel's desire for humanity to advance her own ambitions.

Ursula offers Ariel human legs in exchange for her voice and threatens to claim her soul if the bargain fails.
Ursula — Family Estranged Siblings — King Triton (Javier Bardem)
Their family bond has been replaced by political and personal hostility.

The plot identifies Ursula as Triton's estranged sister and says she was banished from Atlantica fifteen years earlier.
Ursula — Narrative Informer — Scuttle (Awkwafina)
Scuttle provides the information that exposes Ursula's deception.

Scuttle discovers Ursula's disguise as Vanessa and alerts Ariel before the engagement party.
Ursula — Conflict Manipulator — Eric (Jonah Hauer-King)
Ursula manipulates Eric's memory and romantic judgment.

Ursula transforms into Vanessa and uses Ariel's voice to hypnotize Eric into believing she saved him.

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