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.

Cast

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

(Miss Noodle)

Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

(Self)

Running with Scissors

(Fern Stewart)

The Music Man

(Marian Paroo)

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

(Rosetta (voice))

Four Christmases

(Courtney)

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

(Ms. Noodle)

Bewitched

(Maria Kelly)

RV

(Mary Jo Gornicke)

Into Temptation

(Linda Salerno)

Deck the Halls

(Tia Hall)

Annie

(Lily St. Regis)

Tinker Bell

(Rosetta (voice))

12 Men of Christmas

(E.J. Baxter)

The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

(Rosetta (voice))

You Again

(Georgia)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

(Self - Guest)

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

(Self)

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

(Self)

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

(Self)

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

(Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"))

Glee Encore

(April Rhodes)

Hit & Run

(Debbie Kreeger)

Family Weekend

(Samantha Smith-Dungy)

David Foster: Off the Record

(Self)

The Boy Next Door

(Vicky Lansing)

Showing Up

(Self)

Rio 2

(Gabi (voice))

Bros

(Kristin Chenoweth)

The Opposite Sex

(Mrs. Kemp)

Strange Magic

(Sugar Plum Fairy (voice))

Our Little Secret

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

(Self)

Descendants

(Maleficent)

Dolly Parton's Pet Gala

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

(Self)

The Pink Panther

(Cherie)

Stranger Than Fiction

(Book Channel Host)

It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown

(Self)

Hard Sell

(Lorna Buchanan)

Class Rank

(Janet Krauss)

My Little Pony: The Movie

(Princess Skystar (voice))

Hairspray Live!

(Velma Von Tussle)

The Star

(Abby (voice))

Speech & Debate

(Kristin Chenoweth)

Space Chimps

(Kilowatt (voice))

The Peanuts Movie

(Fifi (voice))

Candide

(Cunegonde)

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years

(Self)

A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway

(Self - Host)

Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas

Holidate

(Aunt Susan)

A Christmas Love Story

(Katherine Clark)

Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home

(Self - Hostess, Performer)

Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy

(Self)

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

(Self)

Robin Williams: A Family Affair

(Self)

The Disney Family Singalong

(Self)

Roald Dahl's The Witches

(Daisy / Mary (voice))

In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

(Soloist)

National Champions

(Bailey Lazor)

Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special

(Self)

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

(Self)

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

(Christmas Carol (voice))

Wicked: The Real Story

(Self)

Wicked

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Julie Andrews

(Herself)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

(Self)

The Tony Danza Show

(Self - Guest)

Glee

(April Rhodes)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Fillmore!

The View

(Self)

Tamron Hall

(Self - Guest)

Schmigadoon!

(Mildred Layton)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Frasier

(Portia Sanders)

The Early Show

(Self - Guest)

MADtv

(Self)

Ugly Betty

(Diane)

Pushing Daisies

(Olive Snook)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self - Guest)

Sit Down Shut Up

Sit Down, Shut Up

(Miracle Grohe)

Baby Bob

Legally Mad

(Skippy Pylon)

Kristin

(Kristin Yancey)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The View

(Self - Guest)

GCB

(Carlene Cockburn)

The West Wing

(Annabeth Schott)

E! Live from the Red Carpet

(Self)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Presenter)

The Muppets

(Self)

Mom

(Miranda)

Celebrity IOU

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Hot in Cleveland

(Courtney)

All Star Musicals

(Self - Judge)

Tony Awards

(Self - Performer/Winner)

Tony Awards

(Self - Performer)

The Good Wife

(Peggy Byrne)

BoJack Horseman

(Vanessa Gekko (voice))

American Gods

(Easter)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

(Self)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Project Runway

(Self)

Younger

(Marylynne Keller)

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

(Self)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

(Self)

Sherri

(Self - Guest)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

Match Game

(Self - Panelist)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

(Self - Guest Judge)

Trial & Error

(Lavinia Peck-Foster)

When I Was 17

(Self)

RuPaul

(Self)

Tony Awards

(Self - Host)

Stars in the House

(Self)

Schmigadoon!

(Miss Codwell)

BoJack Horseman

(Vanessa Gekko / Mrs. Teach-Bot (voice))

Rachael Ray

American Dad!

(Devin (voice))

Kirstie

(Brittany Gold)

Hollywood Game Night

(Self)

Christmas in Washington

(Self - Performer)

The Adventures of Disney Fairies

(Rosetta (voice))

Tony Awards

(Self - Presenter/Performer)

Candy Land

(Self - Host)

Great Performances

(Self)

Conan

(Self)

The Megan Mullally Show

(Self - Guest)

BoJack Horseman

(Vanessa Gekko / Knickerbocker Receptionist (voice))