
'Moana 2' Star Auliʻi Cravalho Spills On Her Sweet Gift To Mom Who Gave Her 'Everything'
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Cravalho, who voices Moana, said her mother is now "happily retired" since her star role in the first film.
Auliʻi Cravalho — the voice behind the title character of the animated film “Moana 2” — recently revealed the big way she showed love to her mother, Puanani Cravalho, after the release of the first movie in 2016.
Auliʻi Cravalho, in an interview with People magazine, said her mother raised her on food stamps while growing up in her native Hawaii and noted that her family lived in a one-bedroom apartment in the city of Mililani on the island of Oʻahu.
“I slept in the bedroom, my mom slept on the couch. She gave me everything,” she told the magazine.
“Moana,” which served as Cravalho’s acting debut, would eventually gross over $687 million at the global box office and earn a number of accolades including two Academy Awards nominations.
That success led to a sweet gift for her mother.