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.
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
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Bros
Sherri
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
National Champions
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Schmigadoon!
Candy Land
Holidate
Roald Dahl's The Witches
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
The Disney Family Singalong
Celebrity IOU
Stars in the House
A Christmas Love Story
Angels Among Us: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square featuring Kristin Chenoweth
The Kelly Clarkson Show
David Foster: Off the Record
RuPaul
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
The Star
My Little Pony: The Movie
American Gods
Class Rank
Speech & Debate
Trial & Error
Hairspray Live!
Match Game
Hard Sell
The Opposite Sex
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
The Peanuts Movie
The Muppets
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Descendants
Younger
The Boy Next Door
Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
BoJack Horseman
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Rio 2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Kirstie
Mom
Hollywood Game Night
Family Weekend
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Hit & Run
GCB
Glee Encore
Conan
You Again
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Hot in Cleveland
The Adventures of Disney Fairies
12 Men of Christmas
The Good Wife
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Into Temptation
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Glee
Sit Down Shut Up
Four Christmases
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
Tinker Bell
Space Chimps
Pushing Daisies
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
Deck the Halls
Running with Scissors
Ugly Betty
Rachael Ray
Stranger Than Fiction
RV
The Pink Panther
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Bewitched
American Dad!
Candide
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Project Runway
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Music Man
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Fillmore!
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
Baby Bob
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Kristin
Sit Down, Shut Up
Annie
The Early Show
The West Wing
The View
MADtv
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Acting
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
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Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")