Kiara is the main protagonist of the 1998 film, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, the sequel to The Lion King. She is the daughter of Simba and Nala, sister of Kopa, granddaughter of Mufasa, Sarabi, and Sarafina, and thus is the princess and future queen of the Pride Lands. She was voiced by Michelle Horn as a cub, and by Neve Campbell as a young adult.
Shortly after her birth, Kiara was presented in a magnificent and joyous ceremony to the animals gathered at Pride Rock as their future queen and ruler. Initially, she seems to have no knowledge of the Outsiders, or why they're so dangerous, implying that the events of their banishment happened either before she was born or while she was an infant. Thus, she is far more accepting of them than her father is. Appearance-wise, she seems to be a cross between her two parents.
Kiara inherits her parents curiosity, and has gotten into trouble for wandering off. She is kind, wild, mischevious playful, and a tomboy but also very headstrong, and she possesses a strong desire for independence. Due to her independent spirit, her relationship with her overprotective father Simba is strained at times. As a kid, Kiara is fairly naive, and she initially fails to completely understand her father's lessons. However, as an adult, she learns the meaning behind the words and is able to apply what Simba has taught her to help bring peace between the two feuding prides.
Trivia
* Kiara is the first offspring of a predecessor's protagonist to take over as the main character in a sequel (taking over for Simba for the first "Lion King" film), the second being Melody from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (taking over for Ariel), the third being Scamp from Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (taking over for Lady), the fourth being Jane from Return to Never Land (taking over for Wendy) and the fifth being Patch from 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (taking over for both Pongo and Perdita).
* "Kiara" comes from the name "Ciara", which is of Irish and Gaelic origin, meaning "black".
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