Cinderella (Hyperion Heights)

"You stayed in that depressing manor home. You let your stepmother walk all over you and call you "Cinder... ella". But, you know, there's a reason for that. You're punishing yourself. Take my advice. If you want to take this woman down, the first thing you got to do... is forgive yourself."

- Regina Mills to Cinderella

Ella, better known as Cinderella, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the first episode of the seventh season. She is portrayed by starring cast member Dania Ramirez, and co-star Alejandra Pérez. She is the original counterpart of Jacinda Vidrio.

Cinderella is based on the titular character from the fairytale, "Cinderella", and the Disney film, Cinderella.

Trivia

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Etymology

 * It was her stepmother who named her "Cinder-ella".

Character Notes

 * According to Henry, hyacinths are Cinderella's lucky flowers.
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Production Notes

 * The casting call describes her as "a 'strong-willed, independent woman with a no-nonsense sensibility and a warm heart at her core'. Life hasn’t always been kind to her, but she is 'sharp and resourceful' and never gives up on herself — or those she believes in".
 * According to Dania Ramirez, Cinderella "is edgy and grounded and raw and a badass". She also added that "she's not this damsel in distress. Meeting the prince was [not] the end of her night, that was actually the beginning".
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Set Dressing

 * Among the numerous fairytale illustrations pinned to the wall in Henry's room are two copies of an illustration by the artist and book illustrator Helen Stratton from a 1903 edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales. The image depicts a scene from the "Cinderella" fairytale, in which a bird gives the titular character a beautiful ball gown. One image is pinned next to Henry's door while another copy is among the images adorning the wall next to Henry's bed.
 * An engraving by the nineteenth century French artist Gustave Doré also appears. It is from Les Contes de Perrault, an 1867 edition of the seventeenth century French author Charles Perrault's fairy tales. It depicts a scene from "Cinderella", where the prince lets the titular character try on the glass slipper.
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Other Notes

 * Unlike most versions of Cinderella whose mother died and gained the wicked step-family, this one never knew her biological father and her mother later married another man with children.