Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968) is 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 received a second Tony Award nomination 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 ABC comedy drama Pushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012, played Lavinia in Trial & Error in 2018 and was the antagonist, Mildred Layton, in the Apple TV+ musical comedy Schmigadoon! (2021). 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, before appearing in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Wicked. Her other Broadway roles were in The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, for which she received another Tony Award nomination. She has also appeared in five City Center Encores!, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. 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. In films, she has played mostly character roles, such as in Bewitched (2005), The Pink Panther (2006) and RV (2006). She has played roles in made-for-TV movies, such as Descendants (2015); done voice work in animated films such as Rio 2 (2014) and The Peanuts Movie (2015) along 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 Christmas (2008), Some Lessons Learned (2011), Coming Home (2014), The Art of Elegance (2016) and For the Girls (2019). Chenoweth also wrote a 2009 memoir, A Little Bit Wicked.

Known For

Homepage http://www.kristin-chenoweth.com/
Birth Location Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
Born 1968-07-24

Movies

Bros as Kristin Chenoweth
2022
National Champions as Bailey Lazor
2021
Holidate as Aunt Susan
2020
Roald Dahl's The Witches as Daisy / Mary (voice)
2020
A Christmas Love Story as Katherine Clark
2019
The Star as Abby (voice)
2017
My Little Pony: The Movie as Princess Skystar (voice)
2017
Class Rank as Janet Krauss
2017
Speech & Debate as Herself
2017
Hairspray Live! as Velma Von Tussle
2016
Hard Sell as Lorna Buchanan
2016
The Opposite Sex as Mrs. Kemp
2016
The Peanuts Movie as Fifi (voice)
2015
Descendants as Maleficent
2015
Strange Magic as Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)
2015
The Boy Next Door as Vicky Lansing
2015
Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home as Herself - Hostess / Performer
2014
Rio 2 as Gabi (voice)
2014
Showing Up as Self
2014
Family Weekend as Samantha Smith-Dungy
2013
Hit & Run as Debbie Kreeger
2012
Glee Encore as April Rhodes
2011
You Again as Georgia
2010
2010
12 Men of Christmas as E.J. Baxter
2009
2009
Into Temptation as Linda Salerno
2009
Four Christmases as Courtney
2008
Tinker Bell as Rosetta (voice)
2008
Space Chimps as Kilowatt (voice)
2008
Deck the Halls as Tia Hall
2006
Running with Scissors as Fern Stewart
2006
Stranger Than Fiction as Book Channel Host
2006
RV as Mary Jo Gornicke
2006
The Pink Panther as Cherie
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")
2005
Bewitched as Maria Kelly
2005
Candide as Cunegonde
2005
The Music Man as Marian Paroo
2003
Annie as Lily St. Regis
1999
The Biggest Star in Appleton as Carol Dannhauser
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Movies

A Christmas Love Story Executive Producer
2019
The Biggest Star in Appleton Executive Producer
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