Annabelle is an allegedly-haunted Raggedy Ann doll, housed in the now closed occult museum of the paranormal 🏧 investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Annabelle was moved there after supposed hauntings in 1970. A character based on the doll 🏧 is one of the antagonists that appear in The Conjuring Universe.
Annabelle is the orchestrator of the madness. While the film's plot is 🏧 fictional, Judy Warren now Judy Spera is an actual person, whom Dauberman consulted with while writing 🏧 the movie. Judy and Tony Spera (her husband) have been very helpful since the early days [of the Conjuring 🏧 franchise], says Dauberman.