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Kristin Chenoweth
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn July 24, 1968 (56 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | The Holiday Junkie · as Mimi (voice) |
| 2024 | Our Little Secret · as Erica |
| 2024 | Wicked · as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star |
| 2024 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) |
| 2021 | National Champions · as Bailey Lazor |
| 2021 | Schmigadoon! (TV Series) · as Miss Codwell |
| 2020 | Holidate · as Aunt Susan |
| 2020 | The Witches · as Daisy / Mary (voice) |
| 2019 | A Christmas Love Story · as Katherine Clark |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Harvey Girls Forever! (TV Series) · as Patty Pupé |
| 2017 | The Star · as Abby (voice) |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie · as Princess Skystar (voice) |
| 2017 | Class Rank · as Janet Krauss |
| 2017 | Trial & Error (TV Series) · as Lavinia Peck-Foster |
| 2017 | American Gods (TV Series) · as Easter |
| 2016 | Hairspray Live! · as Velma Von Tussle |
| 2016 | Hard Sell · as Lorna Buchanan |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie · as Fifi (voice) |
| 2015 | Descendants: Set It Off! · as Maleficent |
| 2015 | Descendants · as Maleficent |
| 2015 | Younger (TV Series) · as Marylynne Keller |
| 2015 | Strange Magic · as Sugar Plum Fairy (voice) |
| 2015 | The Boy Next Door · as Vicky Lansing |
| 2014 | The Opposite Sex · as Mrs. Kemp |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Vanessa Gekko (voice) |
| 2014 | Rio 2 · as Gabi (voice) |
| 2013 | Kirstie (TV Series) · as Brittany Gold |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Miranda |
| 2013 | Family Weekend · as Samantha Smith-Dungy |
| 2012 | Hit and Run · as Debbie Kreeger |
| 2012 | Good Christian Belles (TV Series) · as Carlene Cockburn |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Glee Encore · as April Rhodes |
| 2010 | Submissions Only (TV Series) · as Cindy Ruehl |
| 2010 | You Again · as Georgia |
| 2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue · as Rosetta (voice) |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Courtney |
| 2010 | Disney Fairies (TV Series) · as Rosetta (voice) |
| 2010 | Legally Mad · as Skippy Pylon |
| 2009 | 12 Men of Christmas · as E.j. Baxter |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Peggy Byrne |
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure · as Rosetta (voice) |
| 2009 | Into Temptation · as Linda Salerno |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as April Rhodes |
| 2009 | Sit Down, Shut Up (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Tinker Bell · as Rosetta (voice) |
| 2008 | Space Chimps · as Kilowatt (voice) |
| 2008 | Four Christmases · as Courtney |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies (TV Series) · as Olive Snook |
| 2007 | Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? · as Miss Noodle |
| 2006 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol · as Christmas Carol (voice) |
| 2006 | Deck the Halls · as Tia Hall |
| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction · as Book Channel Host |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors · as Fern Stewart |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Diane |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) |
| 2006 | RV · as Mary Jo Gornicke |
| 2006 | The Pink Panther · as Cherie |
| 2005 | Bewitched · as Maria Kelly |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Devin (voice) |
| 2005 | Candide · as Cunegonde |
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Glinda |
| 2003 | The Music Man · as Marian Paroo |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! · as Ms. Noodle |
| 2002 | Fillmore! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Elmo Visits the Firehouse · as Ms. Noodle |
| 2002 | Baby Bob (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West · as Ms. Noodle |
| 2001 | Kristin (TV Series) · as Kristin Yancey |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Glinda The Good Witch |
| 2000 | Sit Down, Shut Up (TV Series) · as Miracle Grohe |
| 1999 | Annie · as Lily St. Regis |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Annabeth Schott |
| 1998 | LateLine (TV Series) · as Kristin |
| 1996 | Elmo's World (TV Series) · as Ms. Noodle |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Portia Sanders |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Ms. Noodle |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Venus |