The Witch (Into the Woods)

The Witch is the secondary antagonist/anti-heroine in the 2014 Disney adaptation of "''Into the Woods". ''She was portrayed by Meryl Streep. She was introduced as the main antagonist of the film, but this was a misinformation campaign to hide the true main villain.

Role
The witch was first seen barging into the bakery in a fit of rage. She told the story of how she was once a beautiful individual with a magic garden. But after a man broke into her garden and stole her magic beans, she was cursed and turned into a hideous witch. She tells the baker and his wife that if they can find her a white cow, a red cape, a golden slipper, and yellow hair before the third midnight to come, then she can reverse her curse and will gift the couple with a child of their own. During the journey, the witch continually appears to intimidate the couple and rushes them to find the ingredients as fast as they can. And after finally finding the right ingredients, the witch returns to her former self and gifts the couple with a child. But soon after, a giant (whom was the wife of the giant that Jack had killed earlier in the film) comes down to the ground and demands that the villagers hand over Jack. The witch suggests that they hand Jack over to the giant, but the rest of the group refuse to do so. Fed up, the witch begins to hurl several magical beans into the ground. She expects to be cursed again with ugliness. But instead she's zapped by a beam from the sky and melted into a tar pit.