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Kristin Chenoweth is an acclaimed American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre, film, and television. She has won a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, and has been nominated for several other prestigious awards. Chenoweth has appeared in numerous successful productions and shows, showcasing her versatile talent and captivating presence.
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Kristin Dawn Chenowethis an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. In 2003, Chenoweth was nominated for a second Tony Award for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked. Her television roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC’s The West Wing and Olive Snook on the comedy drama Pushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009.
Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier, winning a Theatre World Award. Her other Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination. She has also appeared in five City Center Encores! productions, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre.
Chenoweth had her own sitcom, Kristin, in 2001, and has guest-starred on many shows, including Sesame Street and Glee, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012, played Lavinia in Trial & Error in 2018, and played the characters Mildred Layton and Miss Codwell in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! in 2021 and 2023, respectively. In films, she has played mostly character roles, such as in Bewitchedand RVand several Christmas-themed ones; done voice work in animated films such as Rio 2and The Peanuts Moviealong with the animated TV series Sit Down, Shut Up and BoJack Horseman; hosted several award shows; and released several albums of songs, including A Lovely Way to Spend Christmasand For the Girls (2019). Chenoweth also wrote a 2009 memoir, A Little Bit Wicked.
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Kristin Chenoweth has won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ on Broadway in 1999. She was also nominated for a second Tony Award for originating the role of Glinda in the musical ‘Wicked’ in 2003, and a third Tony Award nomination for her performance in ‘On the Twentieth Century’ in 2015.
Kristin Chenoweth’s notable TV roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC’s ‘The West Wing’ and Olive Snook on the comedy drama ‘Pushing Daisies’, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. In films, she has played mostly character roles, such as in ‘Bewitched’ (2005), ‘The Pink Panther’ (2006), and ‘RV’ (2006).
Kristin Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. She made her Broadway debut in 1997 in ‘Steel Pier’, winning a Theatre World Award. Her other Broadway credits include ‘The Apple Tree’ in 2006, ‘Promises, Promises’ in 2010, and ‘On the Twentieth Century’ in 2015.
Kristin Chenoweth has had her own sitcom, ‘Kristin’, in 2001, and has guest-starred on many shows, including ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Glee’, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011. She has also played roles in made-for-TV movies, such as ‘Descendants’ (2015), and done voice work in animated films like ‘Rio 2’ (2014) and ‘The Peanuts Movie’ (2015).
Kristin Chenoweth was born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
2 Quotes by Kristin Chenoweth
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If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.
Kristin ChenowethAmerican actress, singer, author (born 1968)
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I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, ‘If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.’ And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.
Kristin ChenowethAmerican actress, singer, author (born 1968)