Queen Miranda

Queen Miranda is a major character in the Disney Junior series Sofia the First. She becomes the queen after marrying King Roland and is the mother of Princess Sofia. She is voiced by Sara Ramirez.

Background
Born into humble beginnings, Miranda was originally a shoemaker. One day, she was called to fit King Roland for a new pair of slippers and when they met, it was love at first sight.

Roland proposed and they were married, making Miranda the new Queen of Enchancia and Sofia its second Princess. They moved from their shoe shop to the castle, where they were given a grand welcome. Miranda greeted her new stepchildren, the Royal Twins Princess Amber and Prince James, giving them embroidered patches of the Royal Family Crest she had sewn and expressing the hopes of being a good and loving stepmother rather than the stereotypical wicked type.

Miranda often encourages Sofia whenever she feels she won't measure up to being a princess. She assures Sofia that no matter what, she is proud of her and encourages her to always try and do her best. She also encourages Sofia to use the independent spirit that she inherited from her, especially when Sofia is being pressured by Amber. She is also very loving towards her stepchildren, teaching them valuable life lessons such as telling the truth about a situation and after Roland announed that he wanted to be king again, she was proud of him.

Miranda is always trying to bring the family together with family-planned events. Examples include going out in the snow to find her husband for Wassalia, getting a gift for each of her stepchildren and, most recently, planned a family picnic with all her kids.

Personality
Miranda is a warm and caring woman. She deeply loves her daughter Sofia and was happy to become a new mother for James and Amber, to whom she hopes to be the opposite of the wicked stepmother cliche and she truly loves her husband, King Roland. She is even willing to indulge him in wanting a simpler life and show him how hard it can be.

Miranda is encouraging and supportive of Sofia, always there to lift her spirits when she's feeling down or nervous concerning the expectations she has to meet as a princess and has great intuition, able to sense when something is bothering her daughter. She gives her motherly advice concerning whatever Sofia is striving to accomplish or is faced with and she's always proud of her. She also taught Sofia the importance of keeping one's promises.

She definitely has strength of character, as she accepted the position, title and duties of a queen despite having originally been a humble shoemaker and thus far hasn't appeared to be daunted by her royal duties.

Much of Sofia's personality, as well as appearance, are her mother's. Apparently, Sofia gets her curious and adventurous spirit from Miranda. Miranda is also prominent in Sofia's kindness, optimism, perseverance and intuition. Miranda also taught Sofia how to sew. In "The Baker King", she attempted to teach her husband and stepchildren how to bake bread and cakes with mixed results and when Roland annouced that he wanted to be king again, she was proud of her husband.

Trivia

 * She is actually one of two Disney queens that bear the name 'Miranda', the other is the biological mother of Camryn and Alex, the twin witch protagonists of the Disney Channel Original movie Twitches.

Appearances
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Season One

 * Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
 * "Just One of the Princes"
 * "The Big Sleepover"
 * "Let The Good Times Troll"
 * "Cedric's Apprentice"
 * "A Royal Mess"
 * "The Shy Princess"
 * "Baileywick's Day Off"
 * "Tri-Kingdom Picnic"
 * "The Amulet of Avalor"
 * "The Buttercups"
 * "The Amulet and the Anthem"
 * "Tea for Too Many"
 * "Princess Butterfly"
 * "Great Aunt-Venture"
 * "The Baker King"
 * Sofia the First: The Floating Palace
 * "Holiday in Enchancia"
 * "Four's a Crowd"
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Season Two

 * "Two Princesses and a Baby"
 * "The Enchanted Feast"
 * "The Flying Crown"
 * "Mom's the Word"
 * "The Silent Knight"
 * "Enchanted Science Fair"
 * "King for a Day"
 * "When You Wish Upon a Well"
 * "Gizmo Gwen"
 * "Ghostly Gala"
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