Gabriela Madrigal

**Gabriela Madrigal** (née **Rivera**) is the deuteragonist of Disney's 2021 animated feature film Encanto. She is the wife of Bruna Madrigal and mother of Jesus, Violetta, and Natalia. Because of being married into the family, Gabriela does not have a magical gift but she is an amazing seamstress and designed clothes for the family.

## Background

Gabriela is the youngest child of the late Héctor and Imelda Rivera, as well as the younger sister of Socorro Rivera. Because of her parents being great friends with Alma and her late husband Pedro, Gabi was best friends with the triplets and they all grew up together. In her teen years, Gabi fell in love with Bruno, despite what the people in the village thought of him because of his gift, and they eventually married one another. They soon have three children: Jesus, Violetta, and Natalia.

Sometime after, Bruno disappeared without a trace. Despite his disappearance and her anger towards him, Gabi never said anything bad about him to her children, as she knew they still love and care for their father. Decades later, after the fall of the Casita, they reunite and she gives him a loving hug, along with their children, all sharing tears of joy.

## Official description

*Known as the cool aunt by her nieces and nephews, Gabriela loved and cared for her family. She worked as a seamstress for the town, designing any clothing for her family and the townspeople. She never saw the bad side of someone and that was one thing that Bruno loved about his wife.*

## Personality

Gabriela is known as the 'cool' mom/aunt to her children, nieces, and nephews. She is very caring, kind, and can get a little sassy when she needs to be.

Because of Bruno's disappearance, Gabi became depressed but never showed it when she was around her children, as she knew she had to be strong for them. She tells her children stories about their father and never talks bad about him, knowing her kids miss and love him very much. When someone does talk bad about her husband, she snaps, telling the person to not talk about Bruno when she or her children are around.

Gabriela is known to be very loving and kind towards her nieces and nephews. For example, when Mirabel didn't get her gift, Gabi was there to comfort her and let Mirabel stay in her room she shared with Bruno. When her youngest nephew, Antonio's, ceremony came, she was there to calm his nerves down. She also comforts Isabela, who confessed to her that she never wanted to marry Mariano in the first place.

Gabriela can also be very artsy and crafty and even became the town's seamstress. Not only does she design the townspeople's clothing, Gabi also designs clothes for her family. She even taught Mirabel and Violetta to sew as well.

## Physical Appearance

Gabriela is a tall, slender 48 year old woman with a curvy figure. Her skin is flawless, smooth, and a shade of very pale ivory. She has large gray eyes, and her eyelids have brown eye shadow. Her cheeks are dusted with blush, probably to warm up her pale skin tone. Her curly, black hair falls past her shoulders and is rather thick and glossy, with three curls hanging over her forehead.

She wears a white blouse that has green floral stitches, as well as black frills trimmed at the neck and sleeves. Her long, dark green skirt is embroidered with her name on the waist and also wears brown sandals. She owns a charm bracelet and each charm represents her children's and husband's gifts: an hourglass to represent Bruno's gift of telling the future, a lightning bolt to represent Jesus' speed, a wave to represent Violetta's ability to control water, and a hammer to represent Natalia's inventions.

## Trivia

* Gabi's birthday is November 1, coinciding with Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
* She is two years younger than the triplets.
* Gabi grew up with the triplets due to Alma being great friends with the Rivera's.
	+ Alma and Gabi never saw eye to eye with each other when Gabi was younger but still respected one another.
	+ Gabi's family moved out of Encanto a few years after she and Bruno got married but they still visit from time to time.
* She learned how to sew from her mother and at the age of 15, she started her own business and became the seamstress for Encanto.
* Despite her anger towards Bruno for leaving, Gabi never said anything bad about him to her children, as she knew they still love and miss him.
* Gabriela means "God's able-bodied one" in Latin.