
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.
Acting (67 movies)

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
2007

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
2023

Running with Scissors
2006

The Music Man
2003

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009

Four Christmases
2008

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
2002

Bewitched
2005

RV
2006

Into Temptation
2009

Deck the Halls
2006

Annie
1999

Tinker Bell
2008

12 Men of Christmas
2009

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2021

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
2010

You Again
2010

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
2021

Angels Among Us: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square featuring Kristin Chenoweth
2019

Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005

Glee Encore
2011

Hit & Run
2012

Family Weekend
2013

David Foster: Off the Record
2019

The Boy Next Door
2015

Showing Up
2014

Rio 2
2014

Bros
2022

The Opposite Sex
2015

Strange Magic
2015

Our Little Secret
2024

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2012

Descendants
2015

Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007

The Pink Panther
2006

Stranger Than Fiction
2006

It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
2015

Hard Sell
2016

Class Rank
2017

My Little Pony: The Movie
2017

Hairspray Live!
2016

The Star
2017

Speech & Debate
2017

Space Chimps
2008

The Peanuts Movie
2015

Candide
2005

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
2008

A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
2018

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
2018

Holidate
2020

A Christmas Love Story
2019

Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
2014

Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006

The Disney Family Singalong
2020

Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020

National Champions
2021

Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
2021

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006

Wicked: The Real Story
2024

Wicked
2024

The Holiday Junkie
2024

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
2001
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Love Story | 2019 | Executive Producer |