Halle Bailey Hugs Adorable Little Girl at 'The Little Mermaid' UK Premiere

Halle Bailey wears white to the UK premiere of her new movie The Little Mermaid held at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Monday (May 15) in London.

The 23-year-old singer and actress was seen meeting some young fans, and even hugging a little girl who carried Halle‘s Ariel doll.

Halle has been very vocal about being representation for young Black girls and kids, and what their reactions to seeing her as a Disney princess means to her.

Check out what she recently shared inside…

“Even just talking about it or thinking about it, I start to just well up because it’s so special to me, to be able to see the reactions to something that I worked so hard on for so long,” Halle recently told Extra. For them to like it and also just for them to see themselves on the screen, it’s so important. Representation. So, I’m just happy that I get to kind of be that person for them to look to.”

Also stepping out for the UK premiere were Halle‘s co-stars Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, Simone Ashley, Art Malik, Jessica Alexander, Sienna King, Lorena Andrea, Emily Coates, Kajsa Mohammar, Karolina Conchet, John Dagleish, Russell Balogh and Martina Laird, as well as composer Alan Menken (with daughter Anna Rose), director Rob Marshall, and producers John DeLuca and Marc Platt.

Mckenna Grace, HRVY and Mimi Slinger, and Peter Pan & Wendy‘s Alexander Molony also stepped out for the event.

The Little Mermaid is set to hit theaters NEXT Friday (May 26). Check out the first reactions to the movie here!

ICYMI: Halle performed “Part of Your World” live for the first time, which aired during “Disney Night” on American Idol on Sunday (May 14).

Check out all of the stars at the premiere below…

Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric) & Halle Bailey (Ariel)

FYI: Halle is wearing Miss Sohee. Jonah is wearing Ralph Lauren Purple Label.

Melissa McCarthy (Ursula)

FYI: Melissa is wearing Valentino.

Javier Bardem (King Triton)

FYI: Javier is wearing Zegna.

Jacob Tremblay (Flounder)

FYI: Jacob is wearing Dolce&Gabbana.

Daveed Diggs (Sebastian)

FYI: Daveed is wearing Moschino.

Simone Ashley (Indira)

FYI: Simone is wearing a Victoria Beckham dress with Jimmy Choo shoes.

Jessica Alexander (Vanessa)

Kajsa Mohammar (Karina)

Karolina Conchet (Mala)

Lorena Andrea (Perla)

Nathalie Sorrell (Caspia)

Emily Coates (Rosa)

FYI: Emily is wearing a Nadine Merabi look.

Sienna King (Tamika)

Art Malik (Sir Grimsby)

John Dagleish (Mulligan) & Aimie Atkinson

Russell Balogh

Martina Laird (Lashana)

Producer John DeLuca & Director Rob Marshall

Composer Alan Menken & daughter Anna Rose

ICYMI: See what Alan said about the new songs and changed lyrics of original songs!

Producer Marc Platt

Peter Pan & Wendy’s Alexander Molony

Crater’s Mckenna Grace

Mckenna‘s new Disney movie Crater just came out on Disney+ – Check out our exclusive interview with her co-star Isaiah Russell-Bailey!

HRVY & Mimi Slinger

Browse through the gallery to see 70+ photos from the UK premiere of The Little Mermaid…