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Kristin Chenoweth
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Kristin Chenoweth
Edit- Born:
- July 24, 1968, she's 43 and American.
- Birthname:
- Kristi Dawn Chenoweth.
- Snapshot:
- An Artist with 6 releases, and credited 19 times on others' music. 18 collaborations.
Biography
EditKristin Chenoweth (born July 24, 1968) is an American singer, musical theatre, film and television actress, and author. She is best known on Broadway for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999), for which she won a Tony Award, and for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked (2003). Her best-known television role is Annabeth Schott in NBC's The West Wing. As Olive Snook on the ABC comedy-drama Pushing Daisies, she won a 2009 Emmy Award.
The Oklahoma native sang gospel music as a child and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier. Besides You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Wicked, Chenoweth's stage work includes five City Center Encores! productions, Broadway's The Apple Tree in 2006 and Promises, Promises, opening in 2010, as well as Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions.
On television, besides The West Wing and Pushing Daisies, Chenoweth had her own TV series Kristin in 2001 and has guest starred on many shows, including Sesame Street and Glee. She has played mostly character roles in films such as Bewitched (2005), The Pink Panther (2006) and RV (2006). She has also played roles in made-for-TV movies, done voice work in animated films and the animated TV series Sit Down, Shut Up, hosted several award shows and released several albums of songs, including A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas (2008). She also penned a memoir, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages.
The Biography appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Chenoweth. Portions of this Biography may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.
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Encompass New Opera Theatre Celebrates Jerry Bock's 80th Birthday
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards - People Magazine Arrivals
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Encompass New Opera Theatre Celebrates Jerry Bock's 80th Birthday
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7th Annual Restoration Project "Flower Power" Spring Gala
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