Descendants 4 Cast - All 25 'Rise of Red' Characters & Actors (Photos)

Disney's Descendants: The Rise of Red features an extensive cast of stars portraying a new twist on familiar Disney characters.

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Ruby Rose Turner as Bridget, Kylie Cantrall as Red, Malia Baker as Chloe in Descendants: Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red is the fourth film in Disney Channel's Descendants franchise featuring an ensemble cast of new and returning characters and stars. 

Set a decade after the 2015 original movie, Descendants 4 follows Red, the daughter of the villainous Queen of Hearts, who teams up with Cinderella and Prince Charming's daughter for a time-traveling mission to save Auradon. 

The Cast and Characters of Descendants 4

Kylie Cantrall - Red

Kylie Cantrall in Descendants 4
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Actress Kylie Cantrall plays Descendants 4 titular character, Red, the rebellious daughter of the Queen of Hearts who is eager to escape her control and receives an invite to Auradon Prep. 

Cantrall may be familiar to Disney Channel fans due to her roles in Gabby Duran & the Unsittables and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She also voiced Savannah in 2021's Ron's Gone Wrong.

Malia Baker - Chloe Charming

Malia Baker in Descendants 4
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A new addition to the Descendants franchise, Malia Baker plays Chloe, the perfectionist daughter of Cinderella and Prince Charming. 

Malia Baker is best known for having played Mary Anne Spier in Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club, Are You Afraid of the Dark, and lending her vocal talents for the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora game.  

China Anne McClain - Uma

China Anne McClain in Descendants 4
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China Anne McClain first played Uma, the daughter of Ursula, in Descendants 2; now, in The Rise of Red, Uma is the new headmistress of Auradon Prep. 

Along with her Descendants credits, McClain starred in House of Payne, Hubie Halloween, and Black Lightning

Dara Reneé - Uliana

Dara Renee in Descendants 4
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Following her roles in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Black-ish, Dara Reneé makes her Descendants debut as Uliana, Uma's aunt and Ursula's sister.

Rita Ora - Queen of Hearts

Rita Ora in Descendants 4
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In Descendants 4, British singer-songwriter Rita Ora plays Red's mother, the Queen of Hearts, whose tragic backstory is revealed. Ora's previous acting credits range from The Fifty Shades of Grey franchise to Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, and Kung-Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight.

Ruby Rose Turner - Bridget

Ruby Rose Turner in Descendants 4
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Another familiar face to Disney Channel fans, Ruby Rose Turner from Coop and Cami Ask the World plays Bridget, the younger version of Rita Ora's Queen of Hearts. 

Brandy Norwood - Cinderella

Brandy Norwood in Descendants 4
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Descendants 4 may be Brandy Norwood's first entry into the franchise, but the singer, songwriter, and actress is reprising her '90s role as Cinderella from 1997's Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.

In The Rise of Red, Brandy's Cinderella knows Rita Ora's Queen of Hearts from their former school days. She's also the mother of Chloe. 

Morgan Dudley - Ella

Morgan Dudley in Descendants 4
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Up-and-coming actress Morgan Dudley plays the younger version of Brandy's CinderellaElla. In addition to Descendants 4, Dudley appeared in 2023's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and a Tourist's Guide to Love.

Joshua Colley - Young Hook

Joshua Colley in Descendants 4
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Also playing a character from Descendants 4's time-traveling past is musical theater star Joshua Colley as a teenage Captain Hook. Colley is also known for his roles in Sex Appeal, Senior Year, and Season 1 of Dead Boy Detectives.

Peder Lindell - Morgie

Peder Lindell in Descendants 4
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A new addition to the Disney franchise is the character of Morgie, the son of Morgana le Fey, played by newcomer Peder Lindell. 

Paolo Montalban - King Charming

Paolo Montalban in Descendants 4
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Also reprising his 1997 Cinderella role is actor and singer Paolo Montalban as King Charming, husband to Brandy's Cinderella, and the father of Chloe. Some of Montalban's additional credits consist of Mortal Kombat: Conquest and The Blacklist

Tristan Padil - Teen Prince Charming

Tristan Padil in Descendants 4
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Playing the teenage version of Paolo Montalban's King Charming is acting newcomer Tristan Padil. 

Melanie Paxson - Fairy Godmother

Melanie Paxson in Descendants 4
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Returning Descendants cast member is Melanie Paxson (Dealbreakers) as the Fairy Godmother and principal of Auradon Academy. 

Grace Narducci - Fay

Grace Narducci in Descendants 4
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Playing Fay, the younger version of Melanie Paxson's Fairy Godmother, is Grace Narducci who's known for NCIS, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and 9-1-1.

Levin Valayil - Aladdin

Levin Valayil
Levin Valayil

Another Descendants newcomer is Indian actor and singer Levin Valayil as Aladdin. 

Kabir Bery - Teen Aladdin

Kabir Bery
Kabir Bery

Playing the younger version of Valayil's Aladdin is up-and-coming actor, Kabir Bery.

Shazia Pascal - Jasmine

Shazia Pascal
Shazia Pascal

The role of Jasmine in The Rise of Red is played by Shazia Pascal from It's Not That Simple and The Hot Chick.

Aiza Azaar - Young Jasmine

Aiza Azaar
Aiza Azaar

Adding to Descendants 4's Aladdin characters is Azia Azaar who plays the young Jasmine in her first-ever credited role. 

Jeremy Swift - Merlin

Actor Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Swift

Portraying The Sword in The Stone's Merlin and Descendants principal is the Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Smith from Downton Abbey, Ted Lasso, and Mary Poppins Returns

Leonardo Nam - Maddox Hatter

Leonardo Nam in Descendants 4
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Maddox Hatter, the son of the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts' inventor, is played by actor and vocal artist Leonardo Nam. Nam is best known for Westworld, Werewolf by Night, Westworld, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Alex Boniello - Jack of Diamonds

Alex Boniello in Descendants 4
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Actor and Broadway star, Alex Boniello (Ghosts) plays the Jack of Diamonds, the captain of the Queen of Hearts Red Army.

Sam Morelos - Meadow

Sam Morelos
Sam Morelos

Meadow, a student of Merlin Academy, is played by That '90s Show's Sam Morelos.

Mars - Young Maleficent

Mars in Descendants 4
Mars

Portraying the younger version of Maleficent is actress, writer, and producer, Mars.

Anthony Pyatt - Young Hades

Anthony Pyatt in Descendants 4
Anthony Pyatt

Young Hades also makes an appearance in The Rise of Red courtesy of Anthony Pyatt (Will Trent).

Julee Cerda - Evil Stepmother

Actress Julee Cerda
Julee Cerda

Since Descendants 4 involves Cinderella, the Evil Stepmother (aka Lady Tremaine) has a role in the time-traveling tale played by Julee Cerda from Blindspot and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.


Descendants: The Rise of Red premiered July 12 on Disney+ and is set to debut August 9 on Disney Channel.

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- About The Author: Savannah Sanders
Savannah Sanders joined The Direct as a writer in 2020. In addition to writing for The Direct's Star Wars, Marvel, and DC teams, Savannah specializes in the relationship between Disney's blockbuster franchises and the Disney Parks.