Supporting Characters

  • Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: Unknown
    Fairytale Land character: Sleeping Beauty
    Fairytale origin based on: Sleeping Beauty

    We will meet Sleeping Beauty in Season 2. She is presumably inspired by the classic fairy tale.

    Status: Alive
    Relatives: Unknown
    Enemies: Unknown

  • Belle

    Emilie de Ravin as Belle on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: Name unknown
    Fairytale Land character: Belle
    Fairytale origin based on: Beauty and the Beast

    Belle, the daughter of a town's ruler, voluntarily became Rumplestiltskin's servant in exchange for hime saving her father's town from ruin in a war. She volunteered because it was a chance to prove her bravery and save the people she cared about. She eventually fell in love with...

  • Cora

    Cora (Barbara Hershey) on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: Unknown
    Fairytale Land character: Cora
    Fairytale origin based on: Rumplestiltskin (according to showrunner Edward Kitsis)

    Cora is Regina's mother. She was once a miller's daughter, but by the time she first showed up in Season 1 she well off; she also has magic. She was generally cruel to Regina, and she conspired to create circumstances in which King Leopold would notice...

  • Dr. Whale

    Once Upon a Time Season 2 Premiere: Dr. Whale, Emma, David, and Regina

    Storybrooke character: Dr. Whale
    Fairytale Land character: Unknown
    Fairytale origin based on: Unknown

    Dr. Whale works at the Storybrooke hospital, and is rarely seen outside of work. He appears to perform Regina’s dirty work by reporting on Mary Margaret’s interactions with David to the Mayor.

    Dr. Whale seems to be attracted to Ruby. After she quits her job at the Diner, he tries to “help” her,...

  • Granny

    Granny (Beverley Elliott) on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: Granny
    Fairytale Land character: Granny/Widow Lucas, Red Riding Hood’s grandmother
    Fairytale origin based on: Red Riding Hood

    Granny runs two known businesses in Storybrooke out of the same building: the Bed and Breakfast, where Emma first stayed when she arrived in Storybrooke; and the diner downstairs, where her granddaughter Ruby works as a waitress.

    In Fairytale Land,...

  • Daniel

    Daniel (Noah Bean) on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: N/A
    Fairytale Land character: Daniel

    Daniel was a stable boy at Regina's home; they fell in love. When Regina's mother, Cora, was going to force her to marry King Leopold, Regina and Daniel decided to run away. However, Cora caught them before they left, and ripped Daniel's heart out, killing him and turning Regina from a kind girl to the evil woman we know now.

    Daniel does...

  • King Leopold

    King Leopold (Richard Schiff) on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: N/A
    Fairytale Land character: King Leopold

    King Leopold was Snow White's father. He was a kindly man who was devastated by the death of his first wife, Snow White's mother. He later married Regina, believing she would make a good mother for Snow.

    He later stumbled upon the Genie of Agrabah's lamp, and set the genie free, bequeathing his three wishes to the genie himself....

  • Captain Hook

    Captain Hook

    Can't get enough of sexy Captain Hook (played by Irish actor Colin O'Donoghue) on ABC's Once Upon a Time? We've got you covered!

    Storybrooke character: Captain Hook
    Fairytale Land character: Unknown
    Fairytale origin based on: Peter Pan

    Captain Hook makes his first appearance in Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 4: “The Crocodile.”

    Status: Alive
    Relatives: Unknown
    Enemies: Unknown; possibly ...

  • Mulan

    Mulan on Once Upon a Time

    Storybrooke character: Unknown
    Fairytale Land character: Mulan
    Fairytale origin based on: Mulan

    We will meet Mulan in Season 2. She is a warrior, and she is presumably inspired by the 1998 movie of the same name, which draws on a Chinese legend.

    Status: Alive
    Relatives: Unknown
    Enemies: Unknown