Updated on Sept. 25 at 2:10 p.m.

Anika Noni Rose, the actor who voiced Princess Tiana in 2009's The Princess and the Frog and the upcoming Wreck-It Ralph sequel, has now spoken out about Disney's decision to re-reanimate Princess Tiana in Ralph Breaks the Internet following accusations of colorism about the way Tiana was portrayed.

This week, it was reported that Disney had changed Princess Tiana's skin color and features to resemble more closely how she looked in Princess and the Frog. The move reportedly came after fan criticism and a Color of Change petition called out Disney for lightening Tiana's skin and giving her a narrower nose and smaller lips in new photos from Ralph Breaks the Internet. On Sept. 24, Anika talked about her role in returning Tiana to her original appearance.

Per her recent Instagram post, Anika went to the film's animators about the issue, where she said, "I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let’s face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that [The Princess and the Frog animator] Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world, that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy.”

And it turns out we have Anika to thank for Tiana's physical portrayal in Princess and the Frog.

"I'll never forget Mark asking me if there were any things I wished to see on her, and among the first things I said were a round nose, full lips, and that she be left handed," she said. "He made certain to incorporate these things as he created my likeness as a Princess then, and he sat with me in this meeting showing me the steps they were taking to bring those things back that got lost in the move from hand drawn to CGI."

Previously:

An important battle has been won for representation in Disney's upcoming Wreck-It Ralph sequel film, Ralph Breaks the Internet. After criticism and accusations of colorism surrounding previous images of the movie's depiction of Princess Tiana, Disney has reanimated its first black princess in advance of the film's Nov. 21 release date, the Wall Street Journal reports.