Kristin Chenoweth is a celebrated American actress and singer recognized for her versatile performances across musical theatre, film, and television. She won a Tony Award in 1999 for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and garnered another nomination for her originating role as Glinda in the musical Wicked. Chenoweth has also achieved success in television, notably portraying Annabeth Schott in The West Wing and Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies, the latter earning her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009.
On July 24, 1968, Kristin Dawn Chenoweth was born as Kristi Dawn Chenoweth.
In 1990, Kristin Chenoweth earned a bachelor's degree in musical theatre from Oklahoma City University.
In 1991, Kristin Chenoweth was the second runner-up in the Miss Oklahoma pageant.
In 1992, Chenoweth earned a master's degree in opera performance from Oklahoma City University. She also participated in a studio recording of 'The Most Happy Fella' this year.
In 1992, Kristin Chenoweth participated in a studio cast recording of The Most Happy Fella, one of her early recordings.
In 1993, Kristin Chenoweth was cast in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of 'Animal Crackers' and moved to New York City to pursue a career in musical theatre.
In 1994, Kristin Chenoweth played roles in Off-Broadway productions like 'The Fantasticks' and 'Box Office of the Damned'.
In 1997, Kristin Chenoweth appeared as Hyacinth in the Roundabout Theater Company production of Moliere's 'Scapin', receiving her first New York Times review. She also made her Broadway debut in 'Steel Pier', winning a Theatre World Award.
In 1997, Kristin Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in 'Steel Pier', winning a Theatre World Award.
In 1998, Kristin Chenoweth got engaged to Marc Kudisch.
In 1998, Kristin Chenoweth reprised her regional theatre role as Anne Draper in the City Center Encores! staged concert of the George and Ira Gershwin musical 'Strike Up the Band' and created roles in the original Lincoln Center Theater production of William Finn's 'A New Brain'.
In 1998, Kristin Chenoweth was in the cast recording of A New Brain.
In 1999, Kristin Chenoweth had a role in the short-lived television series 'Paramour'.
In 1999, Kristin Chenoweth played Sally Brown in the Broadway revival of 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown', winning Tony and Drama Desk Awards.
In 1999, Kristin Chenoweth was in the cast recordings of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and a studio cast recording of 110 in the Shade.
In 1999, Kristin Chenoweth won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'.
In February 2000, Kristin Chenoweth starred as Daisy Gamble in the Encores! production of 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'.
In 2000, Kristin Chenoweth was featured on the album Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino.
In 2001, Kristin Chenoweth ended her engagement to Marc Kudisch.
In 2001, Kristin Chenoweth had her own sitcom titled 'Kristin'.
In 2001, Kristin Chenoweth released her first solo album, 'Let Yourself Go'.
In 2001, Kristin Chenoweth was featured on the album titled "Kidults" with Mandy Patinkin. Also in 2001, she released her debut solo album Let Yourself Go, a collection of standards.
In October 2002, Kristin Chenoweth performed songs from her album Let Yourself Go in concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series. Also in 2002, she appeared as Fanny Brice in the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of the musical Funny Girl in New York City.
In 2002, Kristin Chenoweth guest-starred on 'Baby Bob'.
In 2002, Kristin Chenoweth made her theatrical film debut in Topa Topa Bluffs, playing the role of Patty.
In 2002, Kristin Chenoweth performed in the City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash.
In October 2003, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Broadway in the musical 'Wicked' as Glinda the Good Witch.
In 2003, Chenoweth and the cast of Wicked performed "One Short Day" in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
In 2003, Chenoweth appeared in the lead role of Marian in the television film, 'The Music Man'.
In 2003, Chenoweth received a Tony Award nomination for originating the role of Glinda in the musical 'Wicked'.
In 2003, Kristin Chenoweth performed a solo concert in London and sang Glinda in the cast recording of Wicked and in the soundtrack recording of Disney's The Music Man.
In May 2004, Kristin Chenoweth played Cunegonde in the New York Philharmonic revival of 'Candide'.
On July 18, 2004, Kristin Chenoweth left 'Wicked' and soon joined the cast of 'The West Wing'.
In 2004, Kristin Chenoweth began playing the recurring role of Annabeth Schott in 'The West Wing'.
In 2004, Kristin Chenoweth released her second album As I Am, a Christian music album, and gave a concert at Carnegie Hall.
In April 2005, Kristin Chenoweth released the album "As I Am", featuring a mix of hymns and contemporary Christian music.
In September 2005, after assuring her theater fans that she supports gay rights, Chenoweth was disinvited from performing at a Women of Faith conference.
In 2005, Chenoweth performed "Oklahoma" on the "Oklahoma Rising" float in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, commemorating Oklahoma's statehood centennial.
In 2005, Kristin Chenoweth played a character role in the film 'Bewitched'.
In 2005, Kristin Chenoweth returned to the big screen after a few years in the film version of Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron, as Maria Kelly.
In 2005, The 'Wicked' cast album earned a Grammy Award.
In 2005, there was an Encores! presentation of 'The Apple Tree', preceding Chenoweth's role in the Broadway revival.
In March 2006, Kristin Chenoweth posed for the cover and a photo spread in the March edition of FHM magazine.
From December 2006, Kristin Chenoweth starred in the Broadway revival of 'The Apple Tree'.
In 2006, Kristin Chenoweth played character roles in the films 'The Pink Panther' and 'RV'.
In 2006, Kristin Chenoweth played supporting roles in five films: The Pink Panther, RV, Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls, and Stranger Than Fiction.
In 2006, Kristin Chenoweth starred in 'The Apple Tree' on Broadway.
Kristin Chenoweth appeared in The West Wing through 2006.
On January 19, 2007, Kristin Chenoweth performed a solo concert at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, titled Kristin Chenoweth Live At The Met, one of the few musical theatre stars to do so. Also in 2007, she was featured in songs with Nathan Gunn on an album titled Just Before Sunrise.
Kristin Chenoweth starred on Broadway as Eve in a revival of The Apple Tree until March 2007.
From 2007, Kristin Chenoweth played Olive Snook in the television series 'Pushing Daisies'.
In 2007, Chenoweth guest starred on 'Ugly Betty'.
In 2007, Chenoweth was the star performer at the opening ceremony of the Tournament of Roses Parade, singing "Our Good Nature", an original song for the Oklahoma centennial celebration.
On February 24, 2008, Kristin Chenoweth sang "That's How You Know" from the film Enchanted at the 80th Academy Awards in the Kodak Theatre.
On August 27, 2008, Kristin Chenoweth released an internet video with Funny or Die called Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth. The video parodied A&E's show Intervention, with Chenoweth starring as a singing, dancing interventionist.
In 2008, Chenoweth performed "The Christmas Waltz" from her album "A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas" in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
In 2008, Kristin Chenoweth released the album "A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas".
In 2008, The Met canceled the production of 'The Ghosts of Versailles' due to the weakening U.S. economy.
In 2009, Chenoweth lent her voice to the animated series 'Sit Down, Shut Up', and won an Emmy for Pushing Daisies.
In 2009, Chenoweth published her memoir, "A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages", detailing her life and career.
In 2009, Chenoweth received an honorary doctorate in Performing Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
In 2009, Chenoweth was in one of her Christmas-themed TV films, '12 Men of Christmas'.
In 2009, Chenoweth won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Olive Snook on 'Pushing Daisies'.
In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth performed her own concert with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Fox Theatre.
In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth returned for her fifth Encores! production in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's 'Music in the Air'.
In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth starred in the indie drama Into Temptation and reprised her voice role as Rosetta in Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue.
In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth was part of the ensemble cast of 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' off-Broadway.
In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth wrote a memoir, 'A Little Bit Wicked'.
On April 25, 2010, Kristin Chenoweth starred as Fran Kubelik in the Broadway revival of 'Promises, Promises'.
In May 2010, Chenoweth responded to a Newsweek article criticizing Sean Hayes' performance as a straight character, calling the article "horrendously homophobic".
In August 2010, Kristin Chenoweth recorded her fourth album, a country-pop CD titled Some Lessons Learned.
From December 29, 2010, Kristin Chenoweth missed performances of 'Promises, Promises' to perform a New Year's Eve concert.
In 2010, Chenoweth hosted the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards on VH1 and sang the U.S. national anthem at the New York Yankees home opener.
In 2010, Chenoweth was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth appeared in a three-minute video short for Glamour Magazine titled "iPad or Bust".
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth filmed the Disney comedy You Again, in which she starred.
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth received an Emmy Award nomination for her guest-starring role on 'Glee'.
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Glee as April Rhodes, singing more songs and receiving positive reviews, specifically for her duets and solo performances. She was later nominated for an Emmy for this role. Also in 2010, she appeared in a three-minute video short for Glamour Magazine titled "iPad or Bust".
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth starred in 'Promises, Promises' on Broadway.
In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth was scheduled to return to The Metropolitan Opera in John Corigliano's opera 'The Ghosts of Versailles'.
On December 31, 2010, Kristin Chenoweth performed a New Year's Eve concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Kristin Chenoweth missed performances of 'Promises, Promises' until January 1, 2011 to perform a New Year's Eve concert.
On January 2, 2011, Kristin Chenoweth's show, 'Promises, Promises', closed.
On September 13, 2011, Kristin Chenoweth released her fourth album, a country-pop CD titled Some Lessons Learned, which includes songs by various artists and two songs co-written by Chenoweth.
In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth received another Emmy Award nomination for her guest-starring role on 'Glee'.
In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth released her first televised music video on Country Music Television, directed by Roman White, for her song "I Want Somebody".
In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth released the album "Some Lessons Learned".
In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth starred in the pilot for ABC's "Good Christian Bitches" and returned to Glee for an episode. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance on Glee in 2011. Kristin Chenoweth also released her first televised music video on Country Music Television, directed by Roman White, for her song "I Want Somebody" in 2011.
In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth won the GLAAD Vanguard Award.
On January 22, 2012, Chenoweth sang the U.S. national anthem at Candlestick Park for the NFL's NFC Conference Championship.
In July 2012, Less than four months after her injury on the set of The Good Wife, Kristin Chenoweth returned to the concert stage for a short series of dates in California.
In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth played Debra in the action comedy Hit and Run.
In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth played Peggy Byrne in The Good Wife, but left after an on-set accident caused serious injuries. She appeared in the season opener and returned for a short scene in another episode.
In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth released songs from the TV show GCB and conducted her first U.S. concert tour.
In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth starred in the ABC TV series 'GCB'.
In 2012, Kristin Chenoweth starred in the ABC series "GCB" (Good Christian Bitches), which lasted one season, and guest-starred in an episode of "Hot in Cleveland".
In 2012, the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center named its theatre the Kristin Chenoweth Theatre.
In 2013, Chenoweth co-hosted the Oscars Red Carpet Live and sang "Here's to the Losers" with Seth MacFarlane during the 85th Academy Awards ceremony.
In 2013, Kristin Chenoweth made an appearance as Brittany Gold on the TV series, Kirstie.
In 2013, Kristin Chenoweth performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australian concert tour.
In 2013, Kristin Chenoweth played Samatha in Family Weekend.
In 2013, Oklahoma City University awarded Kristin Chenoweth an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
On October 6, 2014, Kristin Chenoweth joined Andrew Lippa in his oratorio I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall.
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth made another appearance as Brittany Gold on the TV series, Kirstie and appeared in an episode of the animated series BoJack Horseman.
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth provided voice work in the animated film 'Rio 2'.
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth released an album titled Coming Home, which charted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth released the album "Coming Home".
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Glee for its 100th episode, reprising her role as April Rhodes.
In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth voiced Gabi in the animated film Rio 2 and starred as Mrs. Kemp in The Opposite Sex.
On March 12, 2015, the Broadway revival of 'On the Twentieth Century', starring Kristin Chenoweth, opened at the Roundabout Theatre Company.
On July 19, 2015, the Broadway revival of 'On the Twentieth Century', starring Kristin Chenoweth, had its final performance.
In 2015, Chenoweth starred in 'On the Twentieth Century' on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination.
In 2015, Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the thriller The Boy Next Door and voiced the Sugar Plum Fairy in Strange Magic and Fifi in The Peanuts Movie.
In 2015, Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted the Tony Awards ceremony.
In 2015, Kristin Chenoweth played Maleficent in Disney's Descendants, which drew a large audience. Later that year, she co-hosted the 69th Tony Awards, receiving an Emmy nomination for it.
In 2015, Kristin Chenoweth played a role in the made-for-TV movie 'Descendants'.
In 2015, Kristin Chenoweth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted as an honorary member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.
In 2016, Chenoweth sang the U.S. national anthem at the Arizona Cardinals' season opener.
In 2016, Kristin Chenoweth played Velma Von Tussle in NBC's Hairspray Live!
In 2016, Kristin Chenoweth released her album The Art of Elegance, which debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. She also gave a series of concerts at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, titled My Love Letter to Broadway.
In 2016, Kristin Chenoweth released the album 'The Art of Elegance'.
On November 9, 2017, Chenoweth sang the U.S. national anthem at the Arizona Cardinals' game against the Seattle Seahawks at University of Phoenix Stadium.
In 2017, Kristin Chenoweth appeared as a guest with Andrea Bocelli on some of his American tour stops.
In 2017, Kristin Chenoweth performed a concert at the London Palladium.
In 2017, Kristin Chenoweth played Janet Krauss in Class Rank and voiced Princess Skystar in My Little Pony: The Movie, and Abby the Mouse in The Star.
In December 2018, Kristin Chenoweth performed with and narrated the Tabernacle Choir's yearly Christmas concert series in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 2018, Chenoweth played Lavinia in 'Trial & Error'.
In 2018, Kristin Chenoweth began dating Josh Bryant.
On September 27, 2019, Kristin Chenoweth released her album "For the Girls", featuring covers of songs by influential female performers and collaborations with artists like Dolly Parton and Ariana Grande.
In 2019 Kristin Chenoweth appeared in an episode of the animated series BoJack Horseman.
In 2019, Kristin Chenoweth released the album 'For the Girls'.
In 2020, Kristin Chenoweth hosted a six-episode Food Network television competition show, derived from the game Candy Land.
In 2020, Kristin Chenoweth voiced Daisy in The Witches and played Aunt Susan in Holidate.
In October 2021, Kristin Chenoweth released her second holiday album, "Happiness Is Christmas".
In 2021, Kristin Chenoweth became engaged to Josh Bryant.
In 2021, Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted a Wicked concert special on PBS with Idina Menzel, and she appeared in the Apple TV+ parody musical comedy television series Schmigadoon!.
In 2021, Kristin Chenoweth played Bailey in National Champions.
In 2021, Kristin Chenoweth played Mildred Layton in the musical comedy series 'Schmigadoon!'.
In 2022, Kristin Chenoweth dipped into journalism in the mini-series Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders on Hulu and published her first picture book, What Will I Do for My Love Today?
In 2022, Kristin Chenoweth had a cameo in the film Bros as herself.
In 2022, Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award for her role in Schmigadoon!. She also dipped into journalism in the mini-series Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders on Hulu and published her first picture book, What Will I Do for My Love Today?
On September 2, 2023, Kristin Chenoweth married Josh Bryant.
In November 2023, Kristin Chenoweth made a cameo appearance in 'Gutenberg! The Musical!'.
In 2023, Chenoweth revealed in her book "I'm No Philosopher, but I Got Thoughts" that her biological parents were Billy Ethridge and "Mama Lynn".
In 2023, Kristin Chenoweth played Miss Codwell in the musical comedy series 'Schmigadoon!'.
In July 2024, the musical 'The Queen of Versailles', co-produced by and starring Kristin Chenoweth, is set to premiere at Colonial Theatre in Boston.
In November 2024, Kristin Chenoweth will star in the romantic comedy Our Little Secret on Netflix.
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