Jodie Foster Will Voice Queen Celeste in Disney's Animated Hexed

Jodie Foster is the voice of Queen Celeste in Hexed, Disney's animated film. Deadline reported the casting on 14 November 2026, and it marks her first voice role in a Disney animated film.

A voice role means the actor performs with only their voice. Animators then draw the character and build its movement around that performance. Foster's work is not new to Disney. Her early career included live-action Disney films of the 1970s, among them Freaky Friday and Candleshoe. Those were films with actors on set, not drawings.

The casting was discussed on stage. Jared Bush, who wrote Hexed and is Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke about bringing Foster into the role during the film's panel at Deadline's Contenders event, held at the DGA Theater. Contenders is an awards-season gathering where studios and filmmakers talk about their projects in front of industry audiences.

According to the same report, the animators gave Queen Celeste Foster's smile. It is a small, specific detail. It shows how an animated character can take on the look of a real performer, even when that performer is never seen on screen.

Voice casting also carries a practical side. Studios line up well-known voices early, because a recognisable name helps audiences notice a film among the many released each year. Disney has used this approach across its animation slate for decades. Still, the report does not link the casting to any release plan, and nothing in it sets a date for when audiences will see the film.

For now, the news is simple. Foster will voice Queen Celeste, and the people making Hexed have chosen to give her a character that carries her own expression.