1. In 2003, Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for a second Tony Award for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked.
85 Facts About Kristin Chenoweth
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Kristin Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre.
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Kristin Chenoweth has played roles in made-for-TV movies, such as Descendants and several Christmas-themed ones; done voice work in animated films such as Rio 2 and The Peanuts Movie 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, Some Lessons Learned, Coming Home, The Art of Elegance and For the Girls.
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Kristin Chenoweth revealed in her 2023 book I'm No Philosopher, but I Got Thoughts that her biological parents were bassist Billy Ethridge and "Mama Lynn".
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Kristin Chenoweth has stated that she is of one quarter Cherokee descent and that she eventually met her biological mother.
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Kristin Chenoweth earned a bachelor's degree in musical theatre in 1990 and a master's degree in opera performance in 1992, studying under voice instructor and mentor, Florence Birdwell.
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In 1992, Kristin Chenoweth participated in a studio recording of The Most Happy Fella.
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Kristin Chenoweth turned down the scholarship and moved to New York to play the role and pursue a career in musical theatre.
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Kristin Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in the spring of 1997 as Precious McGuire in the musical Steel Pier by Kander and Ebb, for which she won a Theatre World Award.
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Kristin Chenoweth played Sally Brown, the title character's little sister, in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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Kristin Chenoweth won Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance.
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Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for a 2004 Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance; her co-star Idina Menzel won the award.
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Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for the Drama Desk Award and the Drama League Award for this role.
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Kristin Chenoweth played Cunegonde in the New York Philharmonic revival of Candide, directed by Lonny Price, in.
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Kristin Chenoweth received nominations for the Drama Desk Award and the Drama League Award.
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Kristin Chenoweth was scheduled to return to The Metropolitan Opera in 2010 to play Samira in John Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles.
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In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth was part of the rotating ensemble cast of Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore off-Broadway at the Westside Theater.
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Kristin Chenoweth next starred as Fran Kubelik in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical Promises, Promises, opposite Sean Hayes, which opened on, 2010.
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Kristin Chenoweth played televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in a reading of the musical Rise in 2011.
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Kristin Chenoweth played Lily Garland in a Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, opposite Peter Gallagher, which began previews on February 12 and opened on March 12,2015, for a 22-week limited engagement through July 19,2015, at the Roundabout Theatre Company.
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Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the lead role of Marian in the 2003 television film, The Music Man, opposite Matthew Broderick.
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In 2004, Kristin Chenoweth began playing the recurring role of media consultant Annabeth Schott in The West Wing.
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Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the final two seasons of the program through 2006.
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Kristin Chenoweth had been considered originally for the role of Ainsley Hayes, but she had already accepted her role in Wicked.
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From 2007 to 2009, Kristin Chenoweth played Olive Snook in the television series, Pushing Daisies.
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In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth lent her voice to the animated comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up, as Miracle Grohe, a science teacher who does not believe in science.
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In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Glee as April Rhodes, singing more songs.
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Kristin Chenoweth returned again to Glee in "Rumours" in 2011, and for its 100th episode in 2014.
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In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth starred in a pilot for ABC called Good Christian Bitches as Carlene Cockburn.
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The series debuted in 2012 but lasted only one season, despite "the cast's comedic wit and strong performances"; Kristin Chenoweth generally sang a song in each episode.
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Kristin Chenoweth played a recurring role as Peggy Byrne, a political reporter, in the fourth season of The Good Wife.
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Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the 2012 season opener and returned in a short scene for another episode.
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Kristin Chenoweth later expressed regret at not pursuing legal action for her injuries, which she said caused her to endure "hundreds of doctor appointments", "head-to-toe pain on a daily basis", anxiety and depression.
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Kristin Chenoweth played Maleficent in the live-action Disney Channel original movie, Descendants.
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The Entertainment Weekly reviewer said that "Kristin Chenoweth stole much of the show".
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Kristin Chenoweth participated in a 2018 NBC broadcast, A Very Wicked Halloween, hosting and singing Popular and other numbers to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Wicked on Broadway.
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The next year, Kristin Chenoweth made another Christmas TV movie, A Christmas Love Story.
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Kristin Chenoweth made her theatrical film debut in Topa Topa Bluffs in 2002 playing Patty.
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In 2006, Kristin Chenoweth played supporting roles in five films, The Pink Panther, RV, Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls and Stranger Than Fiction.
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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.
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Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the 2008 holiday romantic comedy Four Christmases, playing the sister of Reese Witherspoon's character.
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In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth starred as a "suicidal prostitute" in the indie drama Into Temptation, written and directed by Patrick Coyle.
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Also in 2009, Kristin Chenoweth reprised her voice role of Rosetta in Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, and filmed the Disney comedy You Again.
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Kristin Chenoweth was called "memorable" in the supporting role of Debra in the 2012 action comedy Hit and Run.
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Kristin Chenoweth headlined the Hallmark Channel's 2019 Countdown to Christmas with film A Christmas Love Story.
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Kristin Chenoweth voiced another mouse, Daisy, in The Witches and played Bailey in National Champions.
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Kristin Chenoweth was Aunt Susan in Holidate and had cameos in the 2022 film Bros as herself, and in the 2024 film version of Wicked as a "Wiz-O-Mania" Superstar, performing in the Emerald City.
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Kristin Chenoweth admitted that she was hesitant about performing the lyrics.
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Kristin Chenoweth posed for the cover and a photo spread in the March 2006 edition of FHM magazine.
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In 2011, Kristin Chenoweth released her first televised music video on Country Music Television, directed by Roman White, for her song "I Want Somebody".
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In 2022, Kristin Chenoweth dipped into journalism in the mini-series Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders on Hulu.
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Kristin Chenoweth has a distinctive speaking voice, one she has compared to that of Betty Boop.
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Kristin Chenoweth is a classically trained coloratura soprano, able to sing the note "F6".
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Kristin Chenoweth was in the cast recordings of A New Brain and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and a studio cast recording of 110 in the Shade.
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In, Kristin Chenoweth performed songs from the album in concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series.
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Kristin Chenoweth conducted her first US concert tour in the summer of 2012.
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In 2014, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Carnegie Hall with an autobiographical concert, The Evolution of a Soprano, where she sang "as good a rendition of 'Much More' as we're ever likely to hear".
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Kristin Chenoweth made her London solo concert debut at the Royal Albert Hall, where a reviewer's five-star review noted: "Chenoweth undeniably knows how to engulf a venue, not only with her powerful, operatic voice but with her irresistible personality that audience was in the palm of her hands for the duration of the evening".
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Kristin Chenoweth joined Andrew Lippa in his oratorio I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall on October 6,2014.
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Kristin Chenoweth released her next album, The Art of Elegance, in 2016, which debuted at No 36 on the Billboard 200 and No 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
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Kristin Chenoweth gave a series of concerts at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, titled My Love Letter to Broadway, in 2016.
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Kristin Chenoweth released the album For the Girls on September 27,2019, which features covers of songs by female performers from various genres that have influenced her.
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Kristin Chenoweth collaborated with Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande on the album.
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Kristin Chenoweth released a second holiday album, Happiness Is Christmas, in October 2021, and returned to the Metropolitan Opera House with a new program, Christmas at the Met, on December 13,2021, to promote the album.
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Kristin Chenoweth was the star performer of the opening ceremony of the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade.
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Kristin Chenoweth sang "Our Good Nature", an original composition written to coincide with the Oklahoma centennial celebration and the theme of the parade.
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Kristin Chenoweth sang with Il Divo as part of Il Divo's Christmas Tour on, 16 and 17,2009, in New York City and in Boston.
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Kristin Chenoweth has sung the US national anthem at various sporting events, including the 2010 New York Yankees home opener, at Candlestick Park for the NFL's NFC Conference Championship on January 22,2012, at the Arizona Cardinals' season opener in 2016 and their game at University of Phoenix Stadium against the Seattle Seahawks on November 9,2017.
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Also in 2010, Kristin Chenoweth hosted the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards on VH1.
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In 2013, Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted the Oscars Red Carpet Live immediately prior to the 85th Academy Awards and sang the closing number of the ceremony, "Here's to the Losers", with host Seth MacFarlane, in which, paraphrasing the original Frank Sinatra song, the two poked genial fun at nominees who had not received awards.
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Kristin Chenoweth appeared in the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performing the song "New York, New York" while riding aboard Royal Caribbean's "A World at Sea" float.
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In December 2018, Kristin Chenoweth performed with and narrated the Tabernacle Choir's yearly Christmas concert series in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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In 2009, Kristin Chenoweth published a memoir, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, describing her life and career, including her adoption, her turn in Wicked and her time in Hollywood.
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Kristin Chenoweth suffers from Meniere's disease, an inner-ear disorder that can cause vertigo, headaches and nausea, among other symptoms.
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Kristin Chenoweth has said that during some performances, she leaned on her co-stars to keep her balance, and that it has caused her to miss performances.
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Kristin Chenoweth has spoken publicly about her religious faith; she describes herself as a "non-judgmental, liberal Christian".
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Kristin Chenoweth released an album in, As I Am, a mixture of hymns and contemporary Christian music, with adult contemporary arrangements.
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Kristin Chenoweth later said she thought that the "Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world are scary" and that she regretted appearing on the show.
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In May 2010, Kristin Chenoweth wrote in response to an article in Newsweek by Ramin Setoodeh, an openly gay writer.
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Kristin Chenoweth questioned whether any openly gay actor could acceptably portray a straight character.
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Kristin Chenoweth called the article "horrendously homophobic" and criticized Setoodeh's view as rationalizing "the same kind of bullying" that gay youths face in high school.
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In 2018, Kristin Chenoweth began dating Josh Bryant, the guitarist for country band Backroad Anthem.
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Kristin Chenoweth was awarded an honorary doctorate in Performing Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2009, where she was the commencement speaker.
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In 2010, Kristin Chenoweth was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
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Kristin Chenoweth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.