Fiona was under a curse (possibly casted by the fairy godmother) that between sunrise and sunset she was a human, and at twilight an ogre. Fairy Godmother locked her away in a tower.

Beside above, who is Princess Fiona based on? 3 Answers. The movie itself was based on the 1990 book of the same name by the noted childrens book author, William Steig, which was a playful inversion of the convention that the ogre is the villain and the human being is the hero.

Also to know is, how old is Fiona from Shrek?

35 years old, Princess Fiona has to act as the queen of Far Far Away while her father is ill. When the latter passes away, Shrek sets out to find her cousin Arthur Pendragon (or Artie), and she tells him that she is pregnant (something that she has been hinting since the start of the film).

Is Shrek a Disney movie?

Shrek! Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 fairytale picture book of the same name by William Steig. The film parodies other films adapted from fairy tale storylines, primarily aimed at animated Disney films.