Who is Blue Ivy Carter's character in the upcoming 'Lion King' prequel 'Mufasa'?

Blue Ivy Carter walked the red carpet with her family on Monday for her feature film debut in the new Disney film "Mufasa: The Lion King."

Twelve-year-old Blue Ivy will voice the role of Princess Kiara, the oldest daughter of Queen Nala, voiced by Blue Ivy's mom, Beyoncé, reprising her role from the 2019 movie "The Lion King." Kiara's father, King Simba will be voiced again by actor and singer Donald Glover.

As the eldest, the young lioness is the heir of the Pride Lands. And fans are looking forward to seeing Beyoncé and Blue Ivy's dynamic through their characters on-screen.

Kiara last appeared in the animated film "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" in 1998.

Directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and scripted by writer Jeff Nathanson, "Mufasa" is a prequel to the 2019 live-action movie "Lion King." It takes fans back to the origin story of the king of lions, who is voiced by Aaron Pierre, with Kelvin Harrison playing the role of Scar.

Kiara learns the story from Rafiki, voiced by John Kani.

Blue Ivy also has a special connection to the previous "Lion King" film. When Disney reimagined the 1994 classic film in 2019, Beyoncé also released an album titled "The Lion King: The Gift" inspired by the film.

Blue Ivy was featured on Beyoncé's hit "Brown Skin Girl" from the album. The song went on to win a Grammy for best music video, making Blue Ivy the second youngest person to ever win a Grammy award at just 9 years old. For the same track, Blue Ivy received the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award at the Soul Train Awards, and outstanding duo, group or collaboration at the NAACP Image Awards.

Beyoncé and Blue Ivy walked the red carpet hand-in-hand at the 2019 premiere of "The Lion King" in Los Angeles.

On Monday, Jay-Z and Tina Knowles, Blue Ivy's grandmother, joined the pair at the "Mufasa" premiere. The family appearance came just one day after Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2000. Jay-Z has denied the allegations and in a statement lamented that he and Beyoncé would need to explain them to their three children.

The joint appearance Monday sent a message of family unity, and Beyoncé posted about her daughter on Instagram.

"My gorgeous baby girl. This is your night," she wrote. "You worked hard and you did such a beautiful job as the voice of Kiara. Your family could not be prouder. Keep shining."

On Tuesday, the mother-daughter duo posted some behind-the-scene footage to Instagram of them recording their voices for the movie.

“Seeing Blue as Kiara and hearing her voice come out of that character… it’s really hard to focus and do my job after that," Beyoncé said in the video posted on Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment account. As tears filled her eyes she added, “Give me a second, because I can’t believe that’s my baby.”

And the moment seems to have been just as special for Blue Ivy.

"This is just a great experience for me, and I am really happy for girls that look like me all around the world are able to watch this movie, and hear and see themselves in it," Blue Ivy said.

Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network's Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @cachemcclay.

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