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 Youre 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 NBCs 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 Youre 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 OffBroadway and regional theatre productions Chenoweth had her own sitcom Kristin in 2001 and has gueststarred 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 madeforTV 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