Kristin Chenoweth

Acting · Born 1968-07-24 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA

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…

Filmography

• Strange Magic as Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)
• Descendants as Maleficent
• Stranger Than Fiction as Book Channel Host
• My Little Pony: The Movie as Princess Skystar (voice)
• The Peanuts Movie as Fifi (voice)
• Holidate as Aunt Susan
• Wicked as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star
• Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? as Miss Noodle
• Running with Scissors as Fern Stewart
• The Music Man as Marian Paroo

TV

• Frasier as Portia Sanders
• Pushing Daisies as Olive Snook
• The West Wing as Annabeth Schott
• BoJack Horseman as Vanessa Gekko (voice)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
• BoJack Horseman as Vanessa Gekko / Mrs. Teach-Bot (voice)
• BoJack Horseman as Vanessa Gekko / Knickerbocker Receptionist (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
• Glee as April Rhodes