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.

Rio 2

6.5

Roald Dahl's The Witches

6.4

BoJack Horseman

8.6

Descendants

7.1

Stranger Than Fiction

7.3

Holidate

7.0

American Dad!

7.0

The Boy Next Door

4.9

The Pink Panther

5.8

RV

5.9

The Peanuts Movie

6.9

American Gods

7.1

Bewitched

5.1

Tinker Bell

6.9

Wicked

7.0

You Again

6.3

Four Christmases

5.8

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

6.8

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

6.7

Glee

6.7

Frasier

7.7

Deck the Halls

5.6

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.9

The Good Wife

7.6

Mom

7.3

The Star

6.4

Hit & Run

5.7

Bros

6.7

Strange Magic

7.1

The West Wing

8.3

Our Little Secret

6.2

Space Chimps

4.9

Pushing Daisies

7.8

My Little Pony: The Movie

7.2

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.5

Running with Scissors

5.8

Ugly Betty

6.3

Conan

7.0

Family Weekend

6.3

Younger

6.8

Annie

6.4

Hairspray Live!

7.4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.8

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.1

Schmigadoon!

7.1

MADtv

6.9

Hot in Cleveland

7.4

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

7.4

Project Runway

6.2

The Muppets

6.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.8

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.4

The View

4.4

Speech & Debate

6.0

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.4

National Champions

6.5

Class Rank

6.9

12 Men of Christmas

5.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.9

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3

Rachael Ray

5.1

Trial & Error

7.3

Hard Sell

6.1

The Opposite Sex

4.7

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.5

A Christmas Love Story

6.6

GCB

5.9

Fillmore!

7.4

The Music Man

5.4

Match Game

5.8

Hollywood Game Night

6.7

The Jennifer Hudson Show

6.6

Into Temptation

8.0

Glee Encore

8.0

Tamron Hall

5.1

Great Performances

5.2

The Disney Family Singalong

8.3

Sit Down Shut Up

6.0

E! Live from the Red Carpet

3.2

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

7.0

Celebrity IOU

6.1

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.3

Tony Awards

4.6

David Foster: Off the Record

7.0

The Holiday Junkie

5.4

The Tony Danza Show

6.1

The Early Show

5.7

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

6.7

Sherri

4.2

It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown

6.7

Candide

7.0

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

6.2

Wicked: The Real Story

7.2

Kirstie

4.6

Candy Land

7.8

The Megan Mullally Show

4.2

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

7.2

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

5.6

A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway

9.5

RuPaul

4.8

Showing Up

9.2

Dolly Parton's Pet Gala

4.0

Christmas in Washington

7.7

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

6.0

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas

9.0

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

10.0

Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special

5.2

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

10.0

Kristin

6.5

When I Was 17

9.7

The Adventures of Disney Fairies

9.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

10.0

Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home

5.0

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

10.0

Sit Down, Shut Up

6.0

Baby Bob

10.0

All Star Musicals

8.0

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

7.0

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

0.0

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

0.0

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

0.0

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

0.0

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

0.0

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years

0.0

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

0.0

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

0.0

Wicked: The Musical

0.0

Legally Mad

0.0

Stars in the House

0.0