Kristin Chenoweth
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-07-24
Place of Birth
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
Kristin Chenoweth
Biography
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.
Also Known For
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
Feb 01, 2007
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Feb 10, 2023
Running with Scissors
Oct 27, 2006
The Music Man
Feb 16, 2003
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Sep 03, 2009
Four Christmases
Nov 26, 2008
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
Sep 03, 2002
Bewitched
Jun 21, 2005
RV
Apr 28, 2006
Into Temptation
Aug 27, 2009
Deck the Halls
Nov 22, 2006
Annie
Nov 07, 1999
Tinker Bell
Sep 11, 2008
12 Men of Christmas
Dec 05, 2009
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Nov 28, 2021
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Jul 29, 2010
You Again
Sep 23, 2010
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Apr 26, 2023
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Dec 25, 2021
Angels Among Us: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square featuring Kristin Chenoweth
Oct 18, 2019
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Jan 18, 2022
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Aug 07, 2005
Glee Encore
Apr 19, 2011
Hit & Run
Aug 22, 2012
Family Weekend
Mar 28, 2013
David Foster: Off the Record
Sep 06, 2019
The Boy Next Door
Jan 23, 2015
Showing Up
Feb 25, 2014
Rio 2
Mar 19, 2014
Bros
Sep 30, 2022
The Opposite Sex
Jan 22, 2015
Strange Magic
Jan 23, 2015
Our Little Secret
Nov 27, 2024
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Nov 12, 2012
Descendants
Jul 31, 2015
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
Feb 21, 2024
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Apr 19, 2007
The Pink Panther
Feb 10, 2006
Stranger Than Fiction
Sep 09, 2006
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Nov 30, 2015
Hard Sell
May 20, 2016
Class Rank
Apr 21, 2017
My Little Pony: The Movie
Oct 05, 2017
Hairspray Live!
Dec 07, 2016
The Star
Nov 15, 2017
Speech & Debate
Apr 07, 2017
Space Chimps
Jun 25, 2008
The Peanuts Movie
Nov 05, 2015
Candide
Jan 12, 2005
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
Nov 08, 2008
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
Oct 29, 2018
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
Dec 07, 2018
Holidate
Oct 27, 2020
A Christmas Love Story
Dec 07, 2019
Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
Nov 28, 2014
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Aug 15, 2006
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Aug 15, 2006
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Aug 15, 2006
The Disney Family Singalong
Apr 16, 2020
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Oct 26, 2020
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
Sep 09, 2020
National Champions
Dec 10, 2021
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
Dec 22, 2009
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Aug 29, 2021
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Dec 01, 2006
Wicked: The Real Story
Nov 11, 2024
Wicked
Nov 20, 2024
The Holiday Junkie
Dec 14, 2024
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
Nov 06, 2001
Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
The Tony Danza Show
Sep 13, 2004
Glee
May 19, 2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Fillmore!
Sep 14, 2002
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
Schmigadoon!
Jul 16, 2021
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
MADtv
Oct 14, 1995
Ugly Betty
Sep 28, 2006
Pushing Daisies
Oct 03, 2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Sit Down Shut Up
Apr 19, 2009
Baby Bob
Mar 18, 2002
Legally Mad
Kristin
Jun 05, 2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
GCB
Mar 04, 2012
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Jan 13, 2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
The Muppets
Sep 22, 2015
Mom
Sep 23, 2013
Celebrity IOU
Apr 13, 2020
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Hot in Cleveland
Jun 16, 2010
All Star Musicals
Dec 24, 2017
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
The Good Wife
Sep 22, 2009
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
American Gods
Apr 30, 2017
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Apr 27, 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Project Runway
Dec 01, 2004
Younger
Mar 31, 2015
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
May 24, 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Match Game
Jun 26, 2016
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Oct 22, 2012
Trial & Error
Mar 14, 2017
When I Was 17
May 01, 2010
RuPaul
Jun 10, 2019
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Stars in the House
Mar 16, 2020
Schmigadoon!
Jul 16, 2021
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
Rachael Ray
Sep 18, 2006
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Kirstie
Dec 04, 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Jul 11, 2013
Christmas in Washington
Dec 15, 1982
The Adventures of Disney Fairies
Jan 01, 2010
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Candy Land
Nov 15, 2020
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
The Megan Mullally Show
Sep 18, 2006
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
Sep 17, 2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Today with Hoda & Jenna
Apr 08, 2019
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
