Nala

Nala is female lionesss that appears in all three films. A rambunctious sassy lioness cub ready to go wherever and whenever with her best friend, Simba. As Nala grows up, her spunky cuteness ripens into sleek, tawny beauty, her childlike bravado becomes true courage and her friendship with Simba deepens into love and eventually mates with Simba and becomes his queen.

She is the deuteragonist of The Lion King, a secondary character in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride , and a minor character in The Lion King 1½.