What is the name of Nala's mother?

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Nala’s mother is named Sarafina.

Sarafina is a lioness in The Lion King and a member of the Pride Lands pride. She is briefly shown inside Pride Rock with Nala and the other lionesses, and later cleans Nala before Nala leaves with young Simba for the Elephant Graveyard. Sarafina also appears mourning Mufasa and Simba after the wildebeest stampede, unaware that Simba survived.

The character has a small speaking role in the original film, so viewers can easily overlook her name. She is also a friend of Sarabi, Simba’s mother. After Simba and Nala become mates, Sarafina becomes Simba’s mother-in-law and the maternal grandmother of their children in the broader franchise continuity.

Sarafina is not Sarabi, who is Simba’s mother, and she is unrelated to Vitani and Kiara in the way the answer choices suggest. Zoe Leader voiced Sarafina in the 1994 film; Penny Johnson Jerald played her in the 2019 remake, and Dominique Jennings voiced her in Mufasa: The Lion King.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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