Moana star Auli’i Cravalho paid her family forward for supporting her in her rise to fame.
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00:00Ali'i Cravalho, the voice actress behind Disney's Moana, says she was raised on food
00:05stamps and lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mother in Hawaii.
00:09But following her breakout debut at just 16, she had earned enough money to buy a house
00:13for her mother.
00:14The now 24-year-old actress told People that her mother slept on their couch while Cravalho
00:19grew up and gave her everything.
00:21And Cravalho has continued her role in recently released sequel, Moana 2, which has broken
00:26box office records, making $221 million in five days.
00:31In between Moana blockbusters, she's also gone on to star in movies like the Mean Girls
00:35remake and make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
00:39The actress is now able to share her success with her family and says her mother is happily
00:44retired.