Miriam (The Prince of Egypt)

Miriam is the tritagonist of the 1998 film The Prince of Egypt. She is the daughter and oldest child of Yocheved and the older sister of Aaron and Moses. When Moses was a baby, their mother Yocheved set Moses adrift in a basket. A young Miriam followed the basket where it ended up at the palace. Moses was found by the Queen and raised as her own son. When Miriam became an adult she met her brother and revealed he was a Hebrew. In the end Miriam leaves Egypt with her brothers and sings. Miriam was the only one to help her brother when every one was mean to him when he was trying to help.
Miriam is voiced by Eden Riegel (who also voiced Kiara in The Lion Guard) as a child and Sandra Bullock, who also portrayed Lenina Huxley in Demolition Man, Angela Bennett in The Net, Gracie Hart in the Miss Congeniality films, Ryan Stone in Gravity, and Malorie Hayes in Bird Box and (Sally Dworsky (who was also the singing voice for Adult Nala in The Lion King) singing) as an adult. 
== Personality ==
Miriam is a kind, beautiful, and brave young woman who, like her brother Moses, tries to help her fellow slaves and escape the cruelty from the Egyptians. She tried desperately to tell Moses about his true heritage when she reunites with him, despite knowing that Moses might not believe her and would even try to abuse her. She is also very hopeful and determined, putting her faith completely in God and her brother Moses. Her kind words and her forgiving nature often lift Moses out of his despair and inspire him to keep his mission going; in "When You Believe" it is implied that she fills a similar role for the Hebrews in general. She is also seen to be very close with her sister-in-law Tzipporah.
==Film Role==
Miriam is the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She is first seen in the prologue as a child where she, Aaron and their mother Yocheved send their infant brother down the river in a basket to prevent him from being killed by Pharoh Seti I's soldiers. She witnesses the basket's near-destruction and her brother being adopted by the Queen of Egypt Tuya, who names him Moses. Miriam sends up a prayer that Moses will be safe and eventually come back to deliver the rest of Hebrews out of slavery.
Some years later, a now adult Miriam and Aaron are getting water when Tzipporah appears and begs for water for her long journey. Miriam gives her water saying "may God protect you" and watches her go. When Moses appears, she blocks his view of Tzipporah and tries to reveal to him that they are his siblings, though Aaron tries to excuse her as sick and mentally ill. Moses having no clue what she's talking about, slowly starts to get mad at her. Miriam tells Moses that his real mother is Yocheved who saved him when he was a baby. When Moses asks her whom Yocheved saved him from, Miriam tells him to ask the man he calls "Father". Enraged, Moses flings her to the ground stating that she'll "regret this night." Miriam then sings Yocheved's lullaby, a song that Moses remembers but can't place. Miriam gives a horrified Moses a tearful smile as he recognizes the lullaby, and he runs away in shock and confusion.
When gathering straw, Miriam sees an Egyptian overseer beating an older Hebrew and tries to help, but Aaron (not wanting to get into trouble) restrains her. Because she is unable to do anything, Miriam cries out for somebody to intervene; Moses overhears it and, in trying to stop the Egyptian overseer, accidentally knocks him off the scaffold to his death. Miriam is shocked at this and tries to speak to Moses, possibly to calm him down, but Moses runs away into self-exile.
A few years later when Moses returns to Egypt, Miriam interrupts Aaron's rant at Moses and welcomes Moses back, forgiving her brother for his previous cruelty. She tells him that she still believes he will set them free, and this speech is what gives Moses the courage to keep confronting Ramses II (Moses' adoptive brother and the new Pharoah) on behalf of his people. Miriam watches the ensuing plagues in devastation and keeps Moses in her house when the last plague comes. She is the main comforter to Moses as he is devastated with the death of his adoptive nephew. It is in trying to console Moses that Miriam initiates "When You Believe," the redemption song that eventually is taken up by the entire nation of freed Israelites (and it is also the film's most memorable song).
During that song, Miriam leaves Egypt with the Hebrews, appearing to have become close friends with Tzipporah. The Egyptians arrive to kill them, but Moses splits the Red Sea so the Hebrews can walk across; Ramses' pursing soldiers are drowned when God merges the divided waters. On the far side of the sea, Moses pulls Miriam aside and embraces her, thanking her for the unshakeable faith that she has had in him and his mission. And it is Miriam alone who notices Moses mourning Rameses, who is presumed to have died in the closing of the sea. Miriam is last seen leading her people in song with her signature tambourine.
==Gallery==
===Images===
Tzipporah-Aaron-and-Miriam-the-prince-of-the-egypt-27794906-1280-720.jpg|Miriam with Tzipporah and Aaron
===Videos===
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Deliver Us Scene (1 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - All I Ever Wanted Scene (2 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - The River of Blood Scene (5 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Smiting of the First Born Scene (7 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - When You Believe Scene (8 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Parting the Red Sea Scene (9 10) Movieclips
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Swept Away Scene (10 10) Movieclips
==Trivia==
*In the Biblical Exodus story, both Miriam and Aaron are supportive towards Moses.
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