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Moana Actor Auliʻi Cravalho Grew Up on Food Stamps; Disney Success Allowed Her to Buy ‘My Mommy a House’ and ‘She’s Happily Retired’

Moana voice actor Auliʻi Cravalho was raised on food stamps. Then her Disney movie became a blockbuster and she bought her mom a house.

Auli’i Cravalho, the actor who voices Moana in Disney’s animated franchise of the same name, recently told People magazine that the money she earned off the success of the original 2016 film allowed her to buy a house for her mother. The movie was a box office hit at the time of release with $687 million worldwide, but its popularity skyrocketed in the years that followed thanks to PVOD platforms and the streaming service Disney+. Cravalho went on to star in movies like the “Mean Girls” musical and is currently on Broadway in “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.” But she knows “Moana” will likely remain her biggest blockbuster, especially now that the film’s sequel just opened to record-breaking numbers at the box office.

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