Catherine Laga'aia is a Samoan actress who portrays Moana in the 2026 Disney live-action remake of Moana. She also portrayed Young Candy in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
