American Murderer
Plot: Charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown becomes wanted by the FBI after hatching his most elaborate scheme yet.
Description: Idina plays Melanie, a real estate agent who has a relationship with Jason and is interviewed by the FBI to help find him. This was filmed during COVID.
Cinderella
Plot: A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Cinderella has big dreams and with the help of her fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.
Description: It’s a musical and Idina is part of several songs, including her showstopper, Dream Girl. Idina wrote Dream Girl with Laura Veltz and it was shortlisted at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song! It was originally going to be released in theaters, however, due to COVID it premiered on Amazon Prime with a very limited theater release.
Once Upon A Snowman
Plot: Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle in this short.
Description: Idina is credited and sings ‘Let It Go’ but doesn’t have any new lines. Available for streaming on Disney+.
Uncut Gems
Plot: A charismatic jeweller makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
Description: Idina plays Adam Sandler’s long-suffering and exasperated wife. She appears in several scenes throughout the movie as well as at the end.
Frozen II
Plot: Elsa the Snow Queen has an extraordinary gift — the power to create ice and snow. But no matter how happy she is to be surrounded by the people of Arendelle, Elsa finds herself strangely unsettled. After hearing a mysterious voice call out to her, Elsa travels to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond her kingdom — an adventure that soon turns into a journey of self-discovery.
Description: Reprises her starring role as Elsa and also sings!
Frozen
Plot: Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, the film tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged mountain man, his loyal pet reindeer, and a hapless snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Description: Plays Elsa, Queen of Arendelle who exiles herself when her powers of manipulating and creating ice and snow are revealed after a life-time of keeping them secret. Idina also sings in the movie, including “Let It Go” which became a worldwide phenomenon that crossed over onto mainstream radio.
Enchanted
Plot: A new Disney musical combining traditional animation with live-action, Giselle , a princess-in-waiting, is banished by an evil queen, Narissa from the cartoon world of Andalasia to the hardened world of present-day New York, after falling in love with a handsome Prince.
Description: Plays Nancy, a New York fashion designer who is dating Robert (Patrick Dempsey), a single father whom Giselle falls in love with. Nancy eventually travels to the cartoon world.
Ask the Dust
Plot: Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), an Italian-American aspiring writer, Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American, and their tumultuous relationship.
Description: Appears as a emotionally shaken women who falls in love with Arturo, and who eventually becomes his muse.
RENT, the movie
Plot: Based on Jonathan Larson’s award-winning Broadway musical, the film chronicles a group of New York artists struggling with identity and artistic integrity in an HIV-positive world.
Description: Reprising the role she created on AND off-Broadway, she plays a sexy lesbian performance artist struggling to live an artist’s life in New York City with her lover and friends.
The Tollbooth
Plot: A modern film about a college-age woman named Sarabeth (played by Marla Sokoloff) and her relationship with her very traditional American-Jewish family.
Description: Plays Sarabeth’s older, slightly more traditional, sister in the film – she’s got a great supporting role here.
Just a Kiss
Plot: A group of 30-something New Yorkers, struggling with the affairs (literally) in their love lives, get the chance to turn back the clock for “do-overs”.
Description: Appears early on in the film as a dirty-mouthed, sexually driven woman whom the male lead, Dag (Ron Eldard), picks up at a bar.
Kissing Jessica Stein
Plot: An adorable comedy starring Jessica Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen about a sexually confused New Yorker who takes comfort in a homosexual relationship.
Description: Very small, walk-on role as a bridesmaid at a wedding
Look For!: check out the deleted scenes on the DVD, one includes Idina acting like a smitten kitten with the leading man!