Princess Cinderella, sometimes referred to as Ella, or Jacinda Vidrio when cursed is a major character in ABC's fantasy series Once Upon a Time throughout the seventh season. She is the stepdaughter to Lady Tremaine, making her stepsister to both Anastasia and Drizella Tremaine, as well as the wife of Henry Mills and mother of Lucy.
Cinderella is portrayed by Dania Ramirez in her adulthood and Alejandra Pérez throughout her childhood.
Role in the series[]
As a child, her mother marries Marcus Tremaine and gains two stepsisters. After the return of Marcus' first wife, Rapunzel, her mother runs away to New Wonderland, having been cursed by Rapunzel. After a near-death experience, Rapunzel shuns Ella after Marcus saves her instead of Anastasia. When Rapunzel kills Marcus, Ella becomes the maid of their manor.
On the way to a ball, she runs into Henry on a motorcycle, destroying her carriage. She knocks him unconscious and steals his motorcycle to the ball to confront the Prince for what he did to her father. With a knife stolen from Henry, she tries to stab the Prince, but couldn't get through with the plan. Instead, Lady Tremaine stabs the Prince to death and accuses Cinderella of murder. She fights her away out of the castle with Henry's help and plans to meet him deep in the forest to escape the land through a portal, but does not show up and instead leaves one of her glass shoes as a sign for him to find her.
Ella later joins Princess Tiana's resistance with Henry, Regina, and Hook. She then follows Alice to New Wonderland with Henry to persuade her to return home, and to find out answers about her runaway mother. When the Dark Curse is cast, she is sent to the Land Without Magic.
In Hyperion Heights, she is known as Jacinda Vidrio, a single mother, and worker at Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack. When Lucy runs away from home to find her father, Jacinda gets into trouble with her stepmother, Victoria, who thinks she is incapable of raising Lucy. When Victoria demands that Lucy stays with her permanently, Jacinda takes Lucy and tries to escape the neighborhood, but is prevented by Officer Rogers and Ivy. Jacinda remains in the neighborhood and continues her job at Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack. Sabine later convinces Jacinda that they sell her famous beignets at the shop, but after it got burnt down by Ralph, Jacinda buys a food truck for her and Sabine to continue Sabine's beignets business. With the help of Nick Branson, Jacinda gains custody of Lucy after Victoria is arrested for kidnapping Eloise Gardener. After she and Sabine are kidnapped by Mr. Samdi, her memories from before the curse are finally restored, and she later reunites with Henry and Lucy.
Trivia[]
- This is the second Cinderella counterpart who is dark skinned, following the character from the 1997 film.
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Variants[]
- Cinderella (character)
- Cinderella (1997)
- Ashley Boyd
- Cinderella (Into the Woods)
- Ella (Cinderella 2015)
- El Morales
- Cinderella (Descendants)
