Duchess Rowena

Duchess Rowena is the antagonist from Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses. She is the cousin of the king Randolph. She has insidious plans for the kingdom, but she can't implement them.

Story
Rowena appears in kingdom by request of her cousin, King Randolph. He wants, that Rowena teaches his daughter an etiquette. But Rowena forced the princesses to hard work, and in the same time gaves a poison to king. When princesses went to pavillion, she said to king, that princesses leave him, but she herself closes them in pavillion, said to Desmond to break the magical stomes. After, king makes Rowena a queen, and she said to him all her plans. King dies, and Rowena becomes a queen. But, in castle appears all princesses and expose Rowena. She try to keep herself safe, and with golden flower, which she takes in golden pavillion, wish to eternal dance for Genevieve. And Genevieve, with help of fan, sends golden pollen on Rowena. Finally she, and her serve Desmond, dance together and leave the kingdom in dance. It was implied that she wanted (and needed) to take over the kingdom because she was struggling finacially because of her carriage in shambles, the apothecary telling Derek that she never paid her bills and the fact that she had to sell the apothecary Queen Isabella's silver goblet to pay for the poison she was using on King Randolph.

Personality
Rowena shown as true antagonist: she categorically don't like dances and music; she has cold, cruel and proud character. In the same time, she ready to do anything, if it only for her win. She stole a goblet of Queen Isabella, to pay with it to apothecary. Also she don't likes her serve Desmond, but very likes her monkey, Brutus.

Appearance
Rowena has gray hairs and light blue eyes. She has many jewelery on her, and all has a cold blue-green stone. Her dress is also in light-blue color and has very big skirt. She don't likes a bright colors and forces the princesses to wear gray dresses.

Rowena's voice actress
Rowena is voiced by Catherine O'Hara, an actress, may known by role of Kate McCallister, mother of Kevin, in Home Alone and Home Alone 2.

Her main time for acting was 1980s- 1990s period, when she played in about 20 movies. After, in 2000s, her main role in movies was voicing role. One of these roles was role of Duchess Rowena in animated Barbie movie Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses, in 2006.

In total, Catherine was nominated on different awards for 18 times, in 7 of them she won.