Kelly Marie Tran faced some racism and online bullying with her Disney debut.
But the Star Wars actress is back in a big way, as she adds Disney Princess to her impressive résumé.
She kept it cute and casual Friday as she introduced her new animated movie Raya and the Last Dragon, before a screening at the reopening of the historic El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.
Leading lady: Kelly Marie Tran kept it cute and casual Friday as she introduced her new animated movie Raya and the Last Dragon, before a screening at the reopening of the historic El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles
Disney Princess: She voices the titular warrior, who must track down the last dragon to defeat the monstrous Druun and save her fantasy world Kumandra
The 32-year-old repped the film with a printed black sweatshirt, which she layered over an orange blouse.
She complemented the look with some skintight black jeans, a black leather belt and a pair of matching black leather shoes.
Tran tied her hair in a red and white striped wrap and took precautions against COVID-19 in a white N95 respirator mask.
She introduced the movie with the help of Carlos López Estrada, who directed alongside Don Hall.
Represent: The 32-year-old repped the film with a printed black sweatshirt, which she layered over an orange blouse
Back in black: She complemented the look with some skintight black jeans, a black leather belt and a pair of matching black leather shoes. Tran tied her hair in a red and white striped wrap and took precautions against COVID-19 in a white N95 respirator mask
Fearless director: She introduced the movie with the help of Carlos López Estrada, who directed alongside Don Hall
![Idyllic view: She recently told The Hollywood Reporter: '[Raya] sees the world in this doe-eyed idyllic way, and then the world sort of breaks, and it changes the way in which she interacts with the world'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/20/06/40707058-9383189-image-m-49_1616221868267.jpg)
Idyllic view: She recently told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘[Raya] sees the world in this doe-eyed idyllic way, and then the world sort of breaks, and it changes the way in which she interacts with the world’
![Getting into character: Tran added: 'That was my way [into the character]. I've definitely in the past viewed the world through rose-colored glasses, and now I feel like I'm in the back, smoking a cigarette, [saying], "I've seen things"'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/20/06/40707044-9383189-image-m-50_1616221889684.jpg)
Getting into character: Tran added: ‘That was my way [into the character]. I’ve definitely in the past viewed the world through rose-colored glasses, and now I feel like I’m in the back, smoking a cigarette, [saying], “I’ve seen things”‘
The San Diego-born actress voices the titular warrior, who must track down the last dragon to defeat the monstrous Druun and save her fantasy world Kumandra.
She recently told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘[Raya] sees the world in this doe-eyed idyllic way, and then the world sort of breaks, and it changes the way in which she interacts with the world.
‘That was my way [into the character]. I’ve definitely in the past viewed the world through rose-colored glasses, and now I feel like I’m in the back, smoking a cigarette, [saying], “I’ve seen things.”‘
It comes after she left social media back in June of 2018, amid abuse from racist and misogynistic trolls, after she became the first woman of color to be cast in a lead role in the Star Wars franchise.
Tran deleted all of her Instagram posts, writing in the bio of her vacant account: ‘Afraid, but doing it anyway.’
Social media cleanse: It comes after she left social media back in June of 2018, amid abuse from racist and misogynistic trolls, after she became the first woman of color to be cast in a lead role in the Star Wars franchise (pictured in February, 2021)
Braving fears: Tran deleted all of her Instagram posts, writing in the bio of her vacant account: ‘Afraid, but doing it anyway’ (pictured in December, 2019)
![Happier life: She told THR: 'I've truly just been so much happier without being on the internet. I've had my agents tell me [I'm] forgoing brand partnerships, but I'm not here to sell flat-tummy tea to young girls' (pictured in December, 2019)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/03/20/06/40707126-9383189-image-m-54_1616221988079.jpg)
Happier life: She told THR: ‘I’ve truly just been so much happier without being on the internet. I’ve had my agents tell me [I’m] forgoing brand partnerships, but I’m not here to sell flat-tummy tea to young girls’ (pictured in December, 2019)
She told THR: ‘I’ve truly just been so much happier without being on the internet. I’ve had my agents tell me [I’m] forgoing brand partnerships, but I’m not here to sell flat-tummy tea to young girls.’
The Sorry for Your Loss actress added: ‘We can talk about the interaction between mental health and social media, but also mental health and this idea of fame and what it does to you. It is not normal.
‘For me, that navigation is about how I protect myself in a way where I can continue to work in this world, and continue to lift the stories that I feel like the world needs to hear.’
Tran starred as Rose Tico, a mechanic with the resistance, in 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Role of a lifetime: Tran starred as Rose Tico, a mechanic with the resistance, in 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker