Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 computer-animated film directed by Owen Hurley. It was released to video on October 23, 2001, and made its television premiere on Nickelodeon on March 21, 2004. It is the first Barbie film in the franchise since the 1987 television special, Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World, and features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie.