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Kristin Chenoweth

Actress / Penwoman / Voice Actress / Composer / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 07/24/1968 (55) | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
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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 played the characters Mildred Layton and Miss Codwell in the Apple TV+ ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Kids & Family | Drama

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Awards & Nominations for Kristin Chenoweth

Theatre World Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical GLAAD Vanguard Award Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Kristin Chenoweth as Actress(62)

as Carol Dannhauser2023 The Biggest Star in Appleton
as herself2022 Bros
as Bailey Lazor2021 National Champions
as Aunt Susan2020 Holidate
as Daisy / Mary (voice)2020 Roald Dahl's The Witches
as Katherine Clark2019 A Christmas Love Story
as Abby (voice)2017 The Star
as Janet Krauss2017 Class Rank
as herself2017 Speech & Debate
as Princess Skystar (voice)2017 My Little Pony: The Movie
as Mrs. Kemp2016 The Opposite Sex
as Lorna Buchanan2016 Hard Sell
as Velma Von Tussle2016 Hairspray Live!
as Vicky Lansing2015 The Boy Next Door
as Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)2015 Strange Magic
as Maleficent2015 Descendants
as Fifi (voice)2015 The Peanuts Movie
as herself2014 Showing Up
as Gabi (voice)2014 Rio 2
as Herself - Hostess / Performer2014 Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
as Samantha Smith-Dungy2013 Family Weekend
as Debbie Kreeger2012 Hit & Run
as April Rhodes2011 Glee Encore
as Georgia King2010 You Again
as E.J. Baxter2009 12 Men of Christmas
as Rosetta (voice)2009 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
as Linda Salerno2009 Into Temptation
as Courtney2008 Four Christmases
as Rosetta (voice)2008 Tinker Bell
as Kilowatt (voice)2008 Space Chimps
as Fern Stewart2006 Running with Scissors
as Mary Jo Gornicke2006 RV
as Book Channel Host2006 Stranger Than Fiction
as Cherie2006 The Pink Panther
as Tia Hall2006 Deck the Halls
as Cunegonde2005 Candide
as Maria Kelly2005 Bewitched
as Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Marian Paroo2003 The Music Man
as Lily St. Regis1999 Annie

TV Shows/Series with Kristin Chenoweth as Actress(50)

as Skippy Pylon2024 Legally Mad
as Mildred Layton2021 Schmigadoon!
as Miss Coldwell2021 Schmigadoon!
as Self - Host2020 Candy Land
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as herself2019 RuPaul
as Easter2017 American Gods
as Lavinia Peck-Foster2017 Trial & Error
as herself2016 Match Game
as herself2015 The Muppets
as Marylynne Keller2015 Younger
as Vanessa Gekko (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Vanessa Gekko / Mrs. Teach-Bot (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Miranda2013 Mom
as herself2013 Hollywood Game Night
as Brittany Gold2013 Kirstie
as Carlene Cockburn2012 GCB
as Courtney2010 Hot in Cleveland
as herself2010 Conan
as April Rhodes2009 Glee
as Olive Snook2007 Pushing Daisies
as Diane2006 Ugly Betty
as Devin (voice)2005 American Dad!
as herself2004 Project Runway
as Miracle Grohe2001 Sit Down, Shut Up
as Kristin Yancey2001 Kristin
as Self - Guest1999 The Early Show
as Annabeth Schott1999 The West Wing
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as herself1995 MADtv
as Portia Sanders1993 Frasier
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as herself1971 Great Performances

Movies with Kristin Chenoweth as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The Biggest Star in Appleton
Production/Executive Producer2019 A Christmas Love Story

Books by & about Kristin Chenoweth

Additional Information

Born: Wednesday, 07/24 1968 (July) in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 55 years + 239 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Oklahoma City University, Broken Arrow Senior High School, Wanda L. Bass School of Music
Other names for Kristin Chenoweth (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kristi Dawn Chenoweth"
"Kristen Chenoweth"
"Kristin Chenowith"
"Kristen Chenowith"
Kristin Chenoweth frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (27x, Actress)
Patton Oswalt (23x, Actor)
Andy Richter (21x, Actor)
Tim Gunn (20x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (18x, Actor)
Sean Hayes (17x, Actor)
Jill Talley (17x, Actress)
Wanda Sykes (16x, Actress)
Randy Thom (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1282, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024