Barbie — Characters & Cast

At first, to get her perfect life back. Later, to find out who she is beyond being an idea.

She starts as a flawless, content doll. After an existential glitch she goes to the real world, has to face how Barbie is actually seen there, and in the end chooses to become human with Ruth Handler's blessing.

To be seen and valued, first by Barbie and then by anyone at all.

He goes from an accessory who only exists for Barbie's attention, to the leader of a patriarchal takeover, to someone who admits he needs to find himself as "just Ken."

To reconnect with her daughter and put words to the contradictions of being a woman.

A Mattel employee and mother who feels overlooked. Her sadness is what reaches into Barbie Land. She turns into the voice that wakes the Barbies up and ends up pitching an 'Ordinary Barbie.'

To push back against the ideals she thinks hurt girls.

A cynical teenager who first tears into Barbie for what she represents, then comes to see the doll and her mother more generously.

To let her creation live freely, as an idea that never ends or as a person.

Barbie's creator, whose ghost-like presence guides Barbie toward her final choice.