Kristin Chenoweth

Known for ActingBorn 1968-07-24 (age 57)Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

Baby Bob

When I Was 17

A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway

Showing Up

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas

BoJack Horseman

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

The Disney Family Singalong

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

The West Wing

Glee Encore

All Star Musicals

Into Temptation

Candy Land

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Pushing Daisies

Kristin

The Good Wife

Frasier

Fillmore!

Hairspray Live!

My Little Pony: The Movie

Mom

Christmas in Washington

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Strange Magic

Stranger Than Fiction

Stumble

Descendants

Hot in Cleveland

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Conan

Trial & Error

American Gods

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Candide

David Foster: Off the Record

Holidate

Say Yes to the Dress

It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown

The Muppets

Wicked