Maleficent Appearances
Maleficent is the antagonist in the classic Disney film Sleeping Beauty, and is often considered one of the greatest Disney villains of all time. Nobody knows how to use their in-house properties like Disney, so we've actually seen this character show up in a few different places lately.
Disney's new wave of live action remakes of it's classic animated films kicked off with 2014's Maleficent, which cast the titular villain, as played by Angelina Jolie, in a far more sympathetic light. This version of the character got a sequel in 2019.
The character has also turned up on the ABC series Once Upon A Time, along with literally every Disney character ever, where she's played by True Blood alum Kristin Baur van Straten.
The series of Disney Channel original movies the Descendants featured teenage children of classic Disney villains. Main character Mal, played by perpetual Disney star Dove Cameron, was the daughter of Maleficent, who was played by Broadway star Kristen Chenowith.
Of course, seeing as the GND Maleficent is meeting with a group of unapologetically evil witches, she is definitely the original animated version from 1959's Sleeping Beauty, who at this point is so iconic she's practically a film archetype. She was voiced by Eleanor Audley, a star of radio dramas who had also voiced the wicked stepmother in Cinderella... and whose likeness was used as a partial reference in both characters.