Kyla Pratt brought her daughters, Lyric Kai Kirkpatrick, 15, and Liyah Kirkpatrick, 13, to the premiere of A Proud Family Wizmas on Saturday, November 14, at WACO at the Vision Theater in Los Angeles’ Leimert Park neighborhood.
For the occasion, the trio coordinated their looks in shades of red and burgundy, reminiscent of Penny Proud’s signature style. Pratt wore a sleeveless red dress, while Lyric opted for a burgundy knit dress with a matching cardigan and Liyah paired a jacket in the same shade with jeans.
Pratt, 40, has voiced Penny since The Proud Family debuted on Disney Channel in 2001. She returned for the Disney+ revival, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, in 2022. The fourth and final season arrived in July, ahead of the franchise’s 25th anniversary.
At Saturday’s screening, Pratt reflected on how her perspective has changed since she first took on the role.
“When we first started, I was 14, you know? So I was just a freshman in high school, and I just was like, This is fun, and I thought my voice was weird, so I was really happy that they hired me and let me come play with them,” she said.
Pratt, who shares Lyric and Liyah with her longtime partner, Danny “KP” Kirkpatrick, also discussed what the series means to her as a mother.
“So now to be a mother and have my kids be able to watch something like this and be able to relate to it on every level, and to show them that it’s okay to be a Penny and go against the grain of what everybody else is doing. And it’s hard sometimes, but you can do it,” she said.
In A Proud Family Wizmas, Penny accidentally ruins Christmas and must make things right for the children of Emilyville. The holiday special marks the franchise’s first use of stop-motion animation and features six original songs.
A Proud Family Wizmas is now streaming on Disney+ and features Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud, Paula Jai Parker as Trudy Proud and JoMarie Payton as Suga Mama, with guest appearances by Gabrielle Union, Anderson .Paak and JB Smoove.
