Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (Template:IPAc-en; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)<ref name=biochannel>Kristin Chenoweth Biography, The Biography Channel A&E Networks, accessed December 1, 2014; according to her autobiography, she was named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth upon her adoption five days after her birth.</ref> 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 was nominated for a second Tony Award 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 comedy drama Pushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009.

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. Her other Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On the Twentieth Century in 2015, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination. She has also appeared in five City Center Encores! productions, Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre.

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. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012, played Lavinia in Trial & Error in 2018, and played the characters Mildred Layton and Miss Codwell in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! in 2021 and 2023, respectively. 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) and several Christmas-themed ones; 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.

Early life

Chenoweth was adopted when she was five days old by Junie Smith Chenoweth and Jerry Morris Chenoweth, both chemical engineers<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa,<ref>Chenoweth, Chapters 1 and 5</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Randall, Henry P. Who's who among students in American universities and colleges, vol. 57, Randall Publishing Co., 1991, p. 249, accessed August 29, 2012</ref> and named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth.<ref>Chenoweth (2009), Chapters 4 and 5. On the advice of her voice teacher, Florence Birdwell, she added the "n" at the end of her first name, hoping that it would make people take her more seriously as an opera singer. See Beaujon, Ewa. "Keeping it Clean: Kristin Chenoweth, 'A Little Bit WickedTemplate:'". expressnightout.com, Template:Nowrap, 2009</ref> She revealed in her 2023 book I'm No Philosopher, but I Got Thoughts that her biological parents were bassist Billy Ethridge (briefly a member of ZZ Top) and "Mama Lynn".<ref>Chenoweth (2023), p. 189</ref> She has stated that she is of one quarter Cherokee descent<ref>Brady, James. "In Step With Kristin Chenoweth", Arizona Daily Star, May 15, 2005, p. 138, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> and that she eventually met her biological mother.<ref>"Video: Kristin Chenoweth Sings 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' Accompanied by Katie Couric on Piano", BroadwayWorld.com, December 6, 2019</ref> At an early age, she performed gospel songs for local churches. A performing highlight of her childhood was a solo appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention national conference at the age of 12, where she performed the Evie song "Four Feet Eleven". The chorus begins, "I'm only 4 feet 11, but I'm going to Heaven" (Chenoweth is Template:Convert in height).<ref name=tcm>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After graduating from Broken Arrow Senior High School, where she participated in school plays, Chenoweth attended Oklahoma City University, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta (Beta Omicron) sorority.<ref>Template:Usurped eduinreview.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010.</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree in musical theatre in 1990<ref name=NPR2009>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Allen>Allen, Silas. "Kristin Chenoweth says success is a combination of training, ambition", NewsOK.com, May 12, 2013, accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and a master's degree in opera performance in 1992,<ref name=Allen/><ref>"Oklahoma City University to Honor Kristin Chenoweth at Spring Commencement", The Oklahoman, May 3, 2013, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> studying under voice instructor and mentor, Florence Birdwell.<ref name=NPR2009/><ref name=okcu>"Florence Birdwell, Emeritus Professor of Music", Oklahoma City University, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> While at OCU, Chenoweth competed in beauty pageants, winning the title of Miss OCU and was the second runner-up in the Miss Oklahoma pageant in 1991.<ref name=tcm/><ref>Chenoweth (2009), chapter 3</ref> In 1992, Chenoweth participated in a studio recording of The Most Happy Fella.<ref name=Kristinofficial>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While she was in college and working towards her master's degree, Chenoweth performed at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, among other regional theatres, in roles like June in Gypsy, Liesl in The Sound of Music, Fran in Promises, Promises<ref>Rogers, Rick. "Lyric Production Keeps Promises to Lift Spirits of Tired Businessmen", NewsOK.com, July 5, 1990, accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and Tuptim in The King and I.<ref>Curtright, Bob. "Getting to know a more culturally accurate King and I at MTW", The Wichita Eagle, July 7, 2013, accessed December 5, 2014</ref> As she completed her master's degree, Chenoweth participated in several vocal competitions and was named "most promising up-and-coming singer" in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, which came with a full scholarship to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts.<ref name=Culwell>Culwell-Block, Logan. "Over 20 Years of Popular: Kristin Chenoweth on Stage and Screen", Playbill, February 7, 2015, February 12, 2017</ref> Two weeks before school started, however, she went to New York City to help a friend move. While there, she auditioned for the 1993 Paper Mill Playhouse production of the musical Animal Crackers and was cast in the role of Arabella Rittenhouse. She turned down the scholarship and moved to New York to play the role and pursue a career in musical theatre.<ref name=Culwell/><ref name=HollywoodWalk/>

Career

Theatre

After Animal Crackers, Chenoweth continued to appear in regional theatre productions, such as Babes in Arms at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,<ref>"Babes in Arms", Ovrtur.com, accessed October 1, 2024</ref> and Phantom (as Christine; she also toured in Germany in this role),<ref>Johnson, Lottie Elizabeth. "The Phantom of the Opera story that never made it to Broadway teaches us something about villains", Deseret News, October 25, 2019</ref> playing roles in Off-Broadway productions like Luisa in The Fantasticks<ref name=tcm/><ref name=Carnegie2014>Suskin, Steven. "Kristin Chenoweth Returns to Carnegie Hall with The Evolution of a Soprano", Playbill, May 5, 2014</ref> and Kristy in Box Office of the Damned (both in 1994).<ref>"Kristen Chenoweth", New York Theatre Guide, accessed October 1, 2024</ref> In 1997, she appeared as Hyacinth in the Roundabout Theater Company production of Moliere's farcical Scapin, earning her first New York Times review, with Ben Brantley writing "Kristin Chenoweth's sob-prone ingenue is delightful".<ref>Brantley, Ben. "M. Moliere, Meet Mr. Irwin. He Clowns Around a Bit, Too". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 1997, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010.</ref> She 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.<ref name=tcm/> In 1998 she reprised one of her regional theatre roles, Anne Draper,<ref>"Strike Up the Band", About the Artists, accessed April 21, 2024</ref> in the City Center Encores! staged concert of the George and Ira Gershwin musical Strike Up the Band.<ref>Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review: Jingoism Parodied: Gershwins' War of '27". The New York Times, February 14, 1998</ref> and created roles in the original Lincoln Center Theater production of William Finn's A New Brain.<ref>"Lincoln Center, 'A New Brain'". LCT.org, accessed April 6, 2011</ref> Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, wrote: "It's unlikely anyone will equal Kristin Chenoweth in the role of 'Nancy D., the waitress.'"<ref name=Rimalower>Rimalower, Ben. "Let Yourself Go: The 11 Kristin Chenoweth CDs You Should Know", Playbill, October 11, 2014, accessed February 12, 2017</ref>

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Chenoweth (holding her dog, Madeline Kahn "Maddie" Chenoweth) with Laura Bush and celebrity models in the 2007 Red Dress Collection Celebrity Fashion Show to raise awareness of heart disease

Chenoweth played Sally Brown, the title character's little sister, in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Sally was not present in the original production. Chenoweth won Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance.<ref>"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Ambassador Theatre, Broadway, 1999". IBDB.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2012.</ref> Later that year, she starred on Broadway in the short-lived comic play Epic Proportions,<ref>"Epic Proportions listing, Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway, 1999" ibdb.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010.</ref> followed by starring as Daisy Gamble in the Encores! production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in Template:Nowrap.<ref>Brantley, Ben. "Theater Review; Reincarnation With a Green Thumb". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2000</ref>

After this, Chenoweth split her time between stage and TV or film roles and released her first solo album, Let Yourself Go (2001). In 2002, she performed in the City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash.<ref>Simonson, Robert; Gans, Andrew. "Chenoweth, Ebersole, Errico, Neuwirth Expected for Encores! Bash Nov. 24–25", Playbill.com, November 1, 2002, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> In October 2003, she returned to Broadway (after the San Francisco tryout) in the musical Wicked, as Glinda the Good Witch. She was nominated for a 2004 Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance; her co-star Idina Menzel (who played Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West) won the award.<ref>"Tony Awards, 2004". Broadwayworld.com, accessed April 6, 2011</ref> Chenoweth was also nominated for the Drama Desk Award<ref>Gans, Andrew; Simonson, Robert; Allen, Morgan. "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; 'Wicked' Leads Pack with 11 Nominations", Playbill.com, April 29, 2004, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> and the Drama League Award for this role.<ref>Simonson, Robert. "Drama League Announces Roster of Honorees", Playbill.com, April 23, 2004, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, wrote that, for Glinda, "the gold standard was unquestionably and indelibly set" by Chenoweth's performances.<ref name=Rimalower/> After playing Glinda for nine months, Chenoweth left Wicked, on Template:Nowrap, 2004,<ref>Simonson, Robert. "Original Glinda's Bubble Floats Away Template:Nowrap When Chenoweth Leaves Broadway's Wicked". Playbill.com, Template:Nowrap, 2004</ref> soon joining the cast of The West Wing in Los Angeles.<ref name=Culwell/> The Wicked cast album earned a 2005 Grammy Award.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Chenoweth played Cunegonde in the New York Philharmonic revival of Candide, directed by Lonny Price, in Template:Nowrap.<ref>Chenoweth performing "Glitter and Be Gay". YouTube.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref> The production was also broadcast on PBS's Great Performances. A performance of the rarely sung duet "We Are Women", between Cunegonde and the Old Lady (played by Patti Lupone), was included in the production.<ref name=HollywoodWalk/><ref>Tommasini, Anthony. "Music Review: Voltaire Via Bernstein, Donald Trump Reference Included". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2004</ref><ref>Chenoweth and LuPone performing "We Are Women". YouTube.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref>

From December 2006 to March 2007, following a 2005 Encores! presentation of the piece, Chenoweth starred on Broadway as Eve in a revival of The Apple Tree with co-stars Brian d'Arcy James and former fiancé Marc Kudisch.<ref>Hernandez, Ernio. "A Tree Grows on Broadway: Chenoweth, James and Kudisch Open The Apple Tree", Playbill.com, December 14, 2006, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> She received nominations for the Drama Desk Award<ref name=nom>Gans, Andrew; Pincus-Roth, Zachary. "Nominees for Drama Desk Awards Announced; LoveMusik Garners 12 Noms", Playbill.com, April 26, 2007, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> and the Drama League Award. She hosted the 2007 Drama Desk Awards ceremony.<ref name=nom/> The same year, she played Female Star in the 2007 Encores! presentation of Stairway to Paradise<ref>Gans, Andrew. "Chenoweth, Chamberlin and More Build a Stairway to Paradise Beginning May 10", Playbill, May 10, 2007</ref> and returned for her fifth Encores! production in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Music in the Air in 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chenoweth was scheduled to return to The Metropolitan Opera in 2010 to play Samira in John Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Met canceled the expensive production in 2008 as the U.S. economy weakened.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2009, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She next starred as Fran Kubelik in the 2010 Broadway revival of the musical Promises, Promises, opposite Sean Hayes, which opened on Template:Nowrap, 2010.<ref>Gans, Andrew. "Promises, Promises Revival Has a 'Prayer' and a 'Home'", Playbill.com, Template:Nowrap, 2010, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> The songs "I Say a Little Prayer" and "A House Is Not a Home" were added for her to sing.<ref>Gans, Andrew. "Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes Make Promises on Broadway Beginning Template:Nowrap", Playbill.com, Template:Nowrap, 2010, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> Chenoweth and Hayes remained in the cast until the show closed on January 2, 2011,<ref name=extend>Hetrick, Adam and Andrew Gans. "Broadway Revival of Promises, Promises to Close", Playbill.com, September 10, 2010, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> although she missed performances from December 29, 2010, to January 1, 2011, to perform a New Year's Eve concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on December 31, 2010.<ref name=extend/><ref>Ng, David. "Culture Monster: Kristin Chenoweth Talks About Broadway Glee and Her New Album". December 30, 2010</ref> She played televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in a reading of the musical Rise in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Gioia, Michael. "On the Twentieth Century, with Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, Sets 2015 Broadway Opening", Playbill.com, May 14, 2014, accessed February 12, 2017</ref><ref>Gans, Andrew. "On the Twentieth Century Revival, Starring Kristin Chenoweth, Extends on Broadway", Playbill, April 30, 2015</ref> Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote that Chenoweth "uses [her character's] histrionics to create one of the most virtuosic portraits in song ever on Broadway. The vocal vocabulary she deploys here ranges from jazz-baby brass to operatic silver, often in a single number, and she switches among them with jaw-dropping ease. And every perfectly weighted note is set off by an impeccably exaggerated gesture."<ref>Brantley, Ben. "Review: On the Twentieth Century, With Kristin Chenoweth, Opens on Broadway", The New York Times, March 15, 2015</ref> She was nominated for a Tony Award and won another Drama Desk Award for her performance.<ref>McRady, Rachel. "Tony Awards 2015: Complete List of Winners!", Us Weekly, June 7, 2015</ref><ref>Levitt, Hayley. "2015 Drama Desk Award Winners Are Announced!", TheaterMania, May 31, 2015</ref> In November 2023, Chenoweth made a cameo appearance in Gutenberg! The Musical! as The Producer<ref>Wild, Stephi. "Video: Kristin Chenoweth Joins Gutenberg! The Musical! as 'Producer'", BroadwayWorld, December 4, 2023</ref> She co-produced and stars as the title character, Jackie Siegel, in the musical The Queen of Versailles, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, which premiered at Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 2024.<ref>Cortez, Benjamin. "Kristin Chenoweth Shines in Pre-Broadway Premiere of The Queen of Versailles at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre", Hoodline, July 16, 2024</ref><ref>Wild, Stephi. "Pre-Broadway Run of Kristin Chenoweth-Led The Queen of Versailles Extends; Plus Complete Casting!", BroadwayWorld.com, May 13, 2024</ref> The musical is scheduled to open at Broadway's St. James Theatre in November 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

After a guest appearance on LateLine,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a role in the short-lived television series Paramour (1999), and several roles in television films such as Annie (as Lily St. Regis), Chenoweth starred in her own NBC sitcom, the semi-autobiographical Kristin in 2001. Thirteen episodes were filmed, but only six aired before it was canceled.<ref>Wren, Celia. "Theater: Trying to Act Saintly Nowadays Can Be a Hair Shirt". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2001</ref> Chenoweth appeared in the lead role of Marian in the 2003 television film, The Music Man, opposite Matthew Broderick.<ref name=Best>Symchuk, Adam. "Best Kristin Chenoweth Performances, Ranked", Movie Web, September 16, 2023</ref><ref>Simonson, Robert. "Broderick and Chenoweth Give Iowa a Try in Music Man TV Movie, Feb. 16", Playbill, February 13, 2003, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> She also guest-starred on such shows as Frasier (2001), Baby Bob (2002), Fillmore! (2003), Elmo's World and Sesame Street (several times as Mrs. Noodle) and Ugly Betty (2007).<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth", BroadwayWorld.com, accessed April 26, 2024</ref><ref>Gikow, Louise A. (2009). Sesame Street: A Celebration – Forty Years of Life on the Street, New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, p. 169 Template:ISBN</ref>

In 2004, Chenoweth began playing the recurring role of media consultant Annabeth Schott in The West Wing.<ref name=Culwell/> For her performance, she was nominated twice, along with the cast, for Screen Actors Guild Awards. She appeared in the final two seasons of the program through 2006.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chenoweth had been considered originally for the role of Ainsley Hayes, but she had already accepted her role in Wicked.<ref>Chenoweth (2009), p. 237</ref> Another of Chenoweth's Christmas-themed TV films was 12 Men of Christmas (2009); though it received lukewarm reviews, a Variety review praised Chenoweth, saying "with the right talent, it's possible to make even the moldiest of material sing just a little".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Chenoweth at the 2012
Drama League Benefit Gala

From 2007 to 2009, Chenoweth played Olive Snook in the television series, Pushing Daisies. For her performance, she "became a favorite for her musical numbers and bright personality"<ref name=Best/> and was nominated two years in a row for an Emmy Award,<ref>Kristin Chenoweth, Emmys.com, accessed December 26, 2011</ref> winning in 2009 as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The series was canceled after two seasons.<ref name=tcm/> In 2009, 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.<ref name=NPR2009/> The series lasted just thirteen episodes. Later that year, Chenoweth began a recurring role as April Rhodes in Glee, singing several songs, earning enthusiastic notices. The character is a former member of the glee club who never finished high school and ended up hitting rock bottom. A review in USA Today observed, "Her presence may not make much sense, but if it means hearing Chenoweth sing, we can put up with any explanation the show cares to offer."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>See also {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} and Template:Cite news</ref> She received a Satellite Award for Outstanding Guest Star.<ref>Satellite Awards, 2009. imdb.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010.</ref>

In 2010, Chenoweth returned to Glee as April Rhodes, singing more songs.<ref>Stack, Tim. "Glee: Kristin Chenoweth to return!" Template:Webarchive Entertainment Weekly, Template:Nowrap, 2009, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010.</ref> The Los Angeles Times review commented, "the best part about 'Home' was undoubtedly the return of Kristin Chenoweth as April. From her spunky duet of Fire with Schue, to the heart-achingly lonely coo of 'One Less Bell to Answer' which segued into a fantastic reprise of 'A House Is Not a Home' and of course her bone-chilling take on Home I fell in love with her again."<ref>"Glee: 'Home' is where the heart – and Kristin Chenoweth – are". Los Angeles Times, Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref> She was nominated for both 2010 and 2011 Emmy Awards for her performances on Glee.<ref>"Glee, Morrison, Michele, Tony Awards, Chenoweth & More Receive 2010 Emmy Noms!", BroadwayWorld.com, Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref><ref>Kristin Chenoweth nominations, Emmy Awards website, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> Chenoweth returned again to Glee in "Rumours" in 2011,<ref name=TVGuideCredits>"Kristin Chenoweth: Credits", TV Guide, accessed May 3, 2012</ref> and for its 100th episode in 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2011, Chenoweth starred in a pilot for ABC called Good Christian Bitches as Carlene Cockburn.<ref>Kristin Chenoweth Joins ABC's Good Christian Cast. TVguide.com</ref> ABC picked up the show and changed the title to GCB.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The series debuted in 2012 but lasted only one season, despite "the cast's comedic wit and strong performances";<ref name=Best/> Chenoweth generally sang a song in each episode.<ref>Bryant, Adam. "ABC Cancels GCB, Pan Am, The River and Missing", TVGuide.com, May 11, 2012</ref> In 2012, she guest-starred in an episode of the sitcom Hot in Cleveland, titled "The Gateway Friend".<ref name=TVGuideCredits/>

Chenoweth played a recurring role as Peggy Byrne, a political reporter, in the fourth season of The Good Wife (2012).<ref>O'Connell, Michael. "Kristin Chenoweth Joins The Good Wife in Recurring Role", The Hollywood Reporter, June 26, 2012</ref> However, she soon left the show after sustaining a skull fracture, broken nose, spinal and rib injuries and cracked teeth when she was struck by equipment on the set.<ref name=fracture/> She appeared in the 2012 season opener<ref>Yahr, Emily. "Kristin Chenoweth drops out of The Good Wife role after head injury on set", The Washington Post, August 13, 2012</ref><ref>See "Kristin Chenoweth was inches from death in The Good Wife accident" Template:Webarchive, The Indy Channel (ABC's RTV6), October 1, 2012; and "Kristin Chenoweth cracked three teeth during The Good Wife accident", Hollywood.com, October 16, 2012</ref> and returned in a short scene for another episode.<ref>Kristin Chenoweth Returns To 'The Good Wife', The Huffington Post, accessed November 12, 2012</ref> She later expressed regret at not pursuing legal action for her injuries,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which she said caused her to endure "hundreds of doctor appointments", "head-to-toe pain on a daily basis",<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> anxiety and depression.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2013 and 2014, she made two appearances as Brittany Gold on the TV series, Kirstie.<ref>Abrams, Natalie. "Exclusive: Kristin Chenoweth, Kristen Johnston, Cloris Leachman Head to Kirstie", TV Guide, June 20, 2013</ref><ref>Kondolojy, Amanda Kristin Chenoweth Returns on an All-New Episode of 'Kirstie' January 22 TV by the Numbers, January 28, 2014</ref><ref>"TV Land's December Is One to Remember!", The Futon Critic, November 5, 2013</ref> From 2014 to 2019 she appeared in five episodes of the animated series BoJack Horseman.<ref name=BoJack>"Here Are the Voices Behind BoJack Horseman, Past and Present" Template:Webarchive, Vulture.com, July 2016, accessed September 10, 2017; and Chappell, Les. "A ruthless BoJack Horseman breaks the life of Princess Carolyn and the heart of its audience", The A.V. Club, September 16, 2017, accessed November 18, 2017</ref> Chenoweth played Maleficent in the live-action Disney Channel original movie, Descendants (2015). The Entertainment Weekly reviewer said that "Chenoweth stole much of the show".<ref>Li, Shirley. "Descendants react: Did the tale about junior villains cast a spell?", Entertainment Weekly, July 31, 2015</ref><ref>Snetiker, Marc. "Kristin Chenoweth to play Maleficent in Disney's original movie 'Descendants'", Entertainment Weekly, May 1, 2014; and Hurtado, Alexandra. "Kristin Chenoweth Steps Out with New Boyfriend in N.Y.C.: 'He's a Good Man,' She Tells People", People magazine, July 14, 2015</ref> It drew the largest cable TV movie audience of 2015 to that date.<ref>Kissell, Rick. "Disney Channel's 'Descendants' Bewitches 6.6 Million in Friday Premiere", Variety, August 1, 2015</ref> later that year, Chenoweth appeared in an episode of I Get That a Lot, posing as a waitress,<ref>"Sneak Peek – Kristin Chenoweth Poses as Waitress on Tonight's I Get That a Lot on CBS", BroadwayWorld.com, December 30, 2016</ref> and co-hosted the 69th Tony Awards, for which she was nominated for another Emmy Award.<ref>"68th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners: Outstanding Special Class Program – 2016", Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, accessed June 19, 2017</ref> Chenoweth played Velma Von Tussle in NBC's Hairspray Live! in 2016.<ref name=Hairspray>Taylor Weatherby, Taylor. "Watch Kristin Chenoweth Dominate Hairspray Live! With 'Miss Baltimore Crabs' Performance", Billboard, December 7, 2016</ref>

In 2017, Chenoweth played the role of Easter in the Starz TV series American Gods<ref>Sava, Oliver. "American Gods Season Finale Recap: Don't Cross Easter", Vulture.com, New York magazine, June 18, 2017</ref> and guested on Younger<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, a guest spot on Mom<ref>Template:Cite news; and "Scoop: Coming Up On All New MOM on CBS – Thursday, March 8, 2018", February 14, 2018</ref> was followed by the main cast role, on Trial & Error, of Lavinia Peck-Foster, an eccentric heiress accused of her husband's murder, who hires Josh Segal and Associates to defend her.<ref name=Best/><ref>Andreeva, Nellie and Denise Petski. "Trial & Error: Kristin Chenoweth to Star In Season 2 of NBC Legal Comedy Series", Deadline Hollywood, February 22, 2018, accessed June 13, 2018</ref> She 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.<ref name=Lenker>Lenker, Maureen Lee. "The 5 best moments in A Very Wicked Halloween, Entertainment Weekly, October 29, 2018</ref> The same year, she appeared as a guest on another NBC special, Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.<ref>Darwish, Meaghan. "'AGT' Winner Darci Lynne Invites Us to Cozy Up With My Hometown Christmas on NBC", TV Insider, November 12, 2018</ref> The next year, Chenoweth made another Christmas TV movie, A Christmas Love Story.<ref>A Christmas Love Story, Hallmark, December 7, 2019</ref> The same year, she appeared on British TV as a judge on an ITV special "All Star Musicals", where she and Elaine Paige performed the song "I Know Him So Well" together.<ref>Duke, Simon. "Watch All Star Musicals' Elaine Paige and Kristin Chenoweth's amazing duet of 'I Know Him So Well'", ChronicleLive, March 17, 2019</ref>

Chenoweth hosted a six-episode Food Network television competition show, derived from the game Candy Land, in 2020–2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2021, PBS aired a Wicked concert special, hosted by Chenoweth and Menzel, with "a starry line-up" of singers and actors performing the musical numbers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She also appeared as the villainous Mildred Layton in the Apple TV+ parody musical comedy television series Schmigadoon!<ref name=Best/><ref name=Jacobs>Jacobs, Matthew. "For Schmigadoon! Star Kristin Chenoweth, Nothing's As Good as Playing Bad", Town and Country, July 16, 2021</ref> for which she was nominated for the 2022 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref>Pedersen, Eric. "Critics Choice TV Nominations: Succession Leads Field as HBO Edges Netflix", Deadline Hollywood, December 6, 2022. accessed December 7, 2021</ref> and a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later that year, she joined The Voice, season 21 as advisor to Ariana Grande's team.<ref name=Bergeson>Bergeson, Samantha. "See Kristin Chenoweth Gush Over Joining The Voice With Coach Ariana Grande", EOnline, August 16, 2021</ref> She returned in 2023 for season 2 of Schmigadoon!, this time as Miss Codwell, owner of an orphanage, receiving another Hollywood Critics Association TV Award nomination.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film

Chenoweth made her theatrical film debut in Topa Topa Bluffs in 2002 playing Patty.<ref>Marill, p. 161</ref> After a few years away from film, she returned to the big screen in the 2005 film version of Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron, as Maria Kelly. In 2006, Chenoweth played supporting roles in five films, The Pink Panther, RV,<ref name=Best/> Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls<ref name=Best/> and Stranger Than Fiction. On February 24, 2008, Chenoweth sang "That's How You Know" from the film Enchanted at the 80th Academy Awards in the Kodak Theatre.<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth Performs 'That's How You Know': Oscar 2008". Alt Film Guide, 2008, accessed January 5, 2011</ref> In animated films, she voiced "a little charmer" called Kilowatt in Space Chimps<ref>Ebert, Roger. "Three apes in a worm hole", RogerEbert.com, July 17, 2008</ref> and another role, Rosetta the garden fairy, in Tinker Bell (both 2008).<ref name=NPR2009/> She also appeared in the 2008 holiday romantic comedy Four Christmases, playing the sister of Reese Witherspoon's character.

In 2009, Chenoweth starred as a "suicidal prostitute" in the indie drama Into Temptation, written and directed by Patrick Coyle. The film was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival and was later released on DVD.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also in 2009, 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 (released in 2010). She was called "memorable" in the supporting role of Debra in the 2012 action comedy Hit and Run.<ref name=Best/> She played Samatha in Family Weekend (2013).<ref name=Best/><ref>Abrams, Rachel. "Chenoweth, Modine join Family", Variety, January 15, 2011, accessed April 24, 2016</ref> Chenoweth next voiced Gabi, a poisonous frog, in the 2014 animated film, Rio 2,<ref>Rio 2 Adds Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth To Voice Cast, Cinemablend.com, accessed February 24, 2013</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and starred as Mrs. Kemp in The Opposite Sex (2014).<ref>"The Opposite Sex – Full Cast & Crew", TV Guide, accessed April 24, 2024</ref>

In 2015, she appeared in the thriller The Boy Next Door and voiced the Sugar Plum Fairy in Strange Magic<ref>Gioia, Michael. ""Strange Magic" Film, Inspired by Midsummer and With Voices of Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth, Released", Playbill, January 23, 2015</ref> and Fifi, Snoopy's love interest, in The Peanuts Movie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The next year she played Lorna Buchanan in Hard Sell.<ref name=Best/><ref>Scheck, Frank. "Hard Sell: Film Review, The Hollywood Reporter, May 20, 2016</ref> In 2017, she played Janet Krauss in Class Rank and voiced Princess Skystar in the 2017 animated My Little Pony: The Movie,<ref>Russian, Ale. Ale "Dive Into My Little Pony: The Movie's Colorful Underwater World in This Exclusive First Look", People magazine, May 22, 2017, accessed July 14, 2017</ref> and Abby the Mouse in The Star.<ref name="The Star">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chenoweth headlined the Hallmark Channel’s 2019 Countdown to Christmas with film A Christmas Love Story.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She voiced another mouse, Daisy, in The Witches (2020)<ref>Tisdale, Jerrica. "The Witches: 9 Differences Between the Anne Hathaway Movie and the Roald Dahl Book", Cinema Blend, October 28, 2020</ref> and played Bailey in National Champions (2021).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was Aunt Susan in Holidate (2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and had cameos in the 2022 film Bros as herself,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in the 2024 film version of Wicked as a "Wiz-O-Mania" Superstar (together with Menzel), performing in the Emerald City.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chenoweth and Lindsay Lohan star in the romantic comedy Our Little Secret on Netflix, released in November 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She sings the end credits song, "Live Like That," in the upcoming animated film, The King of Kings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other media

Chenoweth often appeared on A Prairie Home Companion.<ref>Links to Chenoweth's appearances on Prairie Home CompanionTemplate:Dead link, accessed January 2, 2011.</ref> On August 27, 2008, Chenoweth released an internet video with Funny or Die called Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth.<ref name="funny or die">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The video parodied A&E's show Intervention, with Chenoweth starring as a singing, dancing interventionist. The song in the video was composed by Andrew Lippa, with lyrics by Amy Rhodes, who also wrote the script for the video.<ref name="funny or die"/> Chenoweth admitted that she was hesitant about performing the lyrics.<ref>Malkin, Marc. "Kristin Chenoweth Reveals Her Crystal Method", Eonline.com, August 28, 2008, accessed February 12, 2017</ref>

In 2010, she appeared in a three-minute video short for Glamour Magazine titled "iPad or Bust".<ref>"'iPad or Bust' feat. Kristin Chenoweth"Template:Dead link, CargoCollective.com, 2010, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> She posed for the cover and a photo spread in the March 2006 edition of FHM magazine.<ref>FHM Magazine, March 2006, Issue 65</ref> In 2011, Chenoweth released her first televised music video on Country Music Television, directed by Roman White, for her song "I Want Somebody".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The video for the single peaked at #19 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2022, Chenoweth dipped into journalism in the mini-series Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders on Hulu. In the special, she investigates the 1977 murders of three girls at a Girl Scout camp that the young Chenoweth had been unable to attend that year due to illness.<ref name=ashes>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year, she published her first picture book, What Will I Do for My Love Today?<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Recordings and concerts

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Chenoweth in 2008

Chenoweth has a distinctive speaking voice, one she has compared to that of Betty Boop.<ref>Scott, Walter. "Kristin Chenoweth Takes a Wicked Vocal Turn in Rio 2", Parade magazine, April 5, 2014, accessed September 22, 2015</ref> She is a classically trained coloratura soprano, able to sing the note "F6" (also known as F above High C).<ref>Manus, Willard. "Kristin Chenoweth Goes Coast to Coast", Playbill, June 5, 2001, accessed February 12, 2017</ref>

Among other early recordings, Chenoweth participated in a studio cast recording of The Most Happy Fella in 1992. She was also in the cast recordings of A New Brain (1998) and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999) and a studio cast recording of 110 in the Shade (1999). In 2000, she was featured on the album Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino. The next year, with Mandy Patinkin, she was featured on the album titled "Kidults".<ref name=Kristinofficial/> Also in 2001, she released her debut solo album Let Yourself Go, which was a collection of standards from the musicals of the 1930s. One of the tracks featured a duet with Jason Alexander. In Template:Nowrap, Chenoweth performed songs from the album in concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series.<ref>Holden, Stephen. "A Glamorous Chameleon, Catching All the Nuances". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2002</ref> Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, praised the album as "a joyous affair".<ref name=Rimalower/> The same year, she appeared as Fanny Brice in the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of the musical Funny Girl in New York City. In 2003 in London, she performed a solo concert as part of the Divas at the Donmar series for director Sam Mendes. Later that year, she sang Glinda in the cast recording of Wicked and the soundtrack recording of Disney's The Music Man. Rimalower wrote that Chenoweth "sparkles" on the album.<ref name=Rimalower/> In 2004, she released her second album As I Am, which was a Christian music album containing various spiritual songs. The album peaked at number 31 on the U.S. Christian Albums Chart. The same year, Chenoweth gave a concert at Carnegie Hall.<ref name=Kristinofficial/>

On January 19, 2007, Chenoweth performed a solo concert at The Metropolitan Opera in New York titled Kristin Chenoweth Live At The Met, making history as only the third musical theatre star ever to present a solo concert at that location, following Barbara Cook and Yves Montand.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year, she was featured in songs with Nathan Gunn on an album titled Just Before Sunrise. The next year, she released her third solo studio album, titled A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas. The album included a duet with John Pizzarelli, and there are several modern holiday tunes, but many traditional carols as well, including The Lord's Prayer. This album has been her best-seller, reaching number 77 on the U.S. Billboard Albums Chart, number 7 on the U.S. Holiday Albums chart and number 1 on the U.S. Heatseekers chart. Ben Rimalower, in Playbill, observed that the album "proved an ideal showcase for [Chenoweth's] many gifts".<ref name=Rimalower/> Among many other solo concerts around the U.S., Chenoweth performed her own concert in 2009 with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Fox Theatre.<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth Appears with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Fox Theatre Jan. 10". BroadwayWorld.com, Template:Nowrap, 2009, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref>

In August 2010, during her nights off from Promises, Promises, Chenoweth recorded her fourth album, a country-pop CD titled Some Lessons Learned.<ref>Kristin Chenoweth is Popular and Possibly Perfect: The Auto-Interview. AutoStraddle, Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref> Released on September 13, 2011, the album contains songs by Diane Warren, Dolly Parton and Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, among others. Chenoweth co-wrote two of the songs.<ref>Derschowitz, Jessica. "Kristin Chenoweth goes country with Some Lessons Learned", CBS, September 14, 2011</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In advance of the album, Chenoweth released the song "I Want Somebody (Bitch About)".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ben Rimalower, writing in Playbill, thought that the album "may be Chenoweth's most accomplished".<ref name=Rimalower/> From the TV show GCB, in 2012, Chenoweth released "Blessed Be the Ties that Bind",<ref>"Blessed Be the Ties that Bind", iTunes, accessed April 19, 2012</ref> "Jesus Take the Wheel",<ref>"Jesus Take the Wheel – Single", iTunes, accessed April 19, 2012</ref> "Prayer of St. Francis" (which was also on Some Lessons Learned)<ref>"Prayer of St. Francis – Single", iTunes, accessed April 19, 2012</ref> and "This Little Light of Mine".<ref>"This Little Light of Mine – Single", iTunes, accessed April 19, 2012</ref> Chenoweth conducted her first U.S. concert tour in the summer of 2012. The reviewer for BroadwayWorld.com wrote: "Kristin shines on stage."<ref>Irwin, Jay. "Review: Kristin Chenoweth in Concert at the Paramount Theatre", BroadwayWorld.com, May 10, 2012, accessed October 20, 2012</ref>

Less than four months after her July 2012 injury on the set of The Good Wife, Chenoweth returned to the concert stage for a short series of dates in California, where she performed "a sagely programmed 90-minute set, which merged pop, Broadway, gospel and country with perky, unforced-feeling remarks. Chenoweth's range, timbre and versatility are in peak form, with astonishing top notes, equalized registers and a delicious ability to variegate attack from number to number."<ref name=fracture>Nichols, David C. "Review: Kristin Chenoweth in top form at Segerstrom Concert Hall", Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2012</ref> In 2013, Chenoweth performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australian concert tour.<ref>Allen, David. "Kristin Chenoweth at Sydney Opera House" Template:Webarchive, AussieTheatre.com, June 19, 2013, accessed February 28, 2015</ref> In 2014, 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".<ref name=Carnegie2014/> She also 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 (sometimes surprisingly) powerful, operatic voice but also with her irresistible personality that audience was in the palm of her hands for the duration of the evening".<ref>Millward, Tom. "Review of An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth" Template:Webarchive, London Theatre Guide, July 13, 2014</ref> She joined Andrew Lippa in his oratorio I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall on October 6, 2014.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. "I Am Harvey Milk, with Kristin Chenoweth and Andrew Lippa, Premieres in New York", Playbill, October 6, 2014</ref>

In 2014, Chenoweth released an album titled Coming Home.<ref name=ComingHome>Watts, James D. Jr. "Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home", TulsaWorld.com, August 23, 2014, accessed June 2, 2015</ref> The album charted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200 chart.<ref>Kristen Chenoweth chart history, Billboard.com, accessed December 2, 2014</ref> Her Coming Home Tour continued into 2017.<ref>Kennedy, Marina. "Kristin Chenoweth Teams with IfOnly to Benefit ACLU of Southern California", BroadwayWorld.com, June 10, 2016</ref> Chenoweth released her next album, The Art of Elegance, in 2016,<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth to Release New Album The Art of Elegance September 23", BroadwayWorld.com, accessed August 6, 2016</ref> which debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200<ref>Billboard 200, Billboard.com, accessed October 4, 2016</ref> and No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.<ref>"Jazz Albums", Billboard, October 15, 2016</ref> One of the songs on the album, "I'm a Fool to Want You", was nominated for a Grammy Award for its arrangements.<ref>"Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys", Billboard, December 6, 2016</ref> She gave a series of concerts at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, titled My Love Letter to Broadway, in 2016.<ref>Lloyd Webber, Imogen. "Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth to Return to the Great White Way in My Love Letter to Broadway, Broadway.com, September 6, 2016</ref> In 2017, she gave a concert at the London Palladium, where she "put on a spectacular show and simultaneously formed a heartfelt connection with her fans."<ref>Swain, Marianka. "BWW Review: An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth, London Palladium", BroadwayWorld.com, October 21, 2017</ref>

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. She collaborated with Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande on the album.<ref>King, Eric. "Kristin Chenoweth's New Album Will Feature Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Dolly Parton & Reba McEntire", Broadway.com, August 8, 2019</ref> In support of the album, she presented a concert series titled Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls at the Nederlander Theatre from November 8 to 17, 2019.<ref name="For the Girls">"Kristin Chenoweth Will Bring For the Girls Solo Show to Broadway This Fall!", BroadwayWorld.com, September 17, 2019</ref> She released a second holiday album, Happiness Is Christmas, in October 2021,<ref>Wild, Stephi. "Listen: Kristin Chenoweth Announces Happiness Is Christmas Album; Listen to the First Song Now!", BroadwayWorld.com, September 4, 2021</ref> and returned to the Metropolitan Opera House with a new program, Christmas at the Met, on December 13, 2021, to promote the album.<ref>Mosher, Stephen. "BWW Review: Kristin Chenoweth Wins Christmas with Christmas at the Met at The Metropolitan Opera", December 14, 2021</ref>

Special events and appearances

Chenoweth and the cast of the Broadway musical Wicked performed the song "One Short Day" in the 2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Chenoweth performed the song "Oklahoma" while riding aboard the "Oklahoma Rising" float. The float was making the first of three annual appearances commemorating the state of Oklahoma's statehood centennial in 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the star performer of the opening ceremony of the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade. She sang "Our Good Nature", an original composition written to coincide with the Oklahoma centennial celebration and the theme of the parade.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, she performed the song "The Christmas Waltz" from her "A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas" album while riding aboard the "Care Bears Winter Fun-Derland" float.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She sang with Il Divo as part of Il Divo's Christmas Tour on Template:Nowrap, 16 and 17, 2009, in New York City and Template:Nowrap in Boston.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She has sung the U.S. national anthem at various sporting events, including the 2010 New York Yankees home opener,<ref>"Chenoweth Opens NY Yankee Game with National Anthem, 4/13", BroadwayWorld, April 12, 2010, accessed January 22, 2012</ref> at Candlestick Park for the NFL's NFC Conference Championship on January 22, 2012,<ref>"Watch Kristin Chenoweth Sing the National Anthem at the Giants vs. 49ers Game", Broadway.com, January 23, 2012, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> at the Arizona Cardinals' season opener in 2016 and their game at University of Phoenix Stadium against the Seattle Seahawks on November 9, 2017.<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth will sing at Luke AFB, Cardinals game this week" Template:Webarchive, KPNX TV, November 9, 2017</ref> Also in 2010, Chenoweth hosted the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards on VH1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2013, Chenoweth co-hosted the Oscars Red Carpet Live immediately prior to the 85th Academy Awards<ref>"Kristin Chenoweth to Co-Host Oscars Pre-Show, 2/24", BroadwayWorld.com, February 14, 2013, accessed April 24, 2016</ref> and also 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.<ref>Kristin Chenoweth and Seth MacFarlane to Close Out the Oscars with a Song Template:Webarchive. Cinemablend.com, accessed February 24, 2013</ref> Chenoweth was the solo performer in the Live from Lincoln Center feature "The Dames of Broadway... All of 'Em!!!"<ref name=Rimalower/> In July, she hosted the fifth Just For Laughs gala in Montreal.<ref>Brownstein, Bill. "Kristin Chenoweth leads Wicked good gala" Template:Webarchive, the Montreal Gazette, July 26, 2013</ref> She also 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}; {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}; {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, she co-hosted the Tony Awards.<ref>Pesce, Niclole Lyn. "Tony Awards 2015: Top 5 Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming moments", New York Daily News, June 7, 2015</ref> She appeared as a guest with Andrea Bocelli on some of his 2017–2018 American tour stops.<ref>Janes, Théoden. "Concert review: Did Andrea Bocelli's first visit to Charlotte live up to the hype?", The Charlotte Observer, February 10, 2018; Viagas, Robert. "Kristin Chenoweth Will Sing With Andrea Bocelli at Madison Square Garden", Playbill, December 11, 2017</ref> In December 2018, Chenoweth performed with and narrated the Tabernacle Choir's yearly Christmas concert series in Salt Lake City, Utah.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

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Chenoweth sang the U.S. national anthem for the Yankees' home opener in 2010.

In 2009, 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.<ref>Gans, Andrew. "Chenoweth's Autobiography, A Little Bit Wicked, Due in April  2009", Playbill, July 3, 2008, accessed February 12, 2017</ref> Chenoweth suffers from Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder that can cause vertigo, headaches and nausea, among other symptoms. She 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.<ref name=NPR2009/>

Chenoweth has spoken publicly about her religious faith; she describes herself as a "non-judgmental, liberal Christian".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to The New York Times, when Chenoweth "assured her theater fans that she supports gay rights, her Christian base was outraged; she was disinvited from performing at a Women of Faith conference in Template:Nowrap".<ref>Green, Jesse. "She Sings! She Acts! She Prays!" The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2006</ref> Chenoweth released an album in Template:Nowrap, As I Am, a mixture of hymns and contemporary Christian music, with adult contemporary arrangements. To promote the album, she made an appearance on The 700 Club, which upset some of her gay fans.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She later said she thought that the "Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world are scary" and that she regretted appearing on the show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In May 2010, Chenoweth wrote in response to an article in Newsweek by Ramin Setoodeh, an openly gay writer. Setoodeh thought that her Tony-nominated Promises, Promises co-star, Sean Hayes, "comes off as wooden and insincere" in playing the straight character Chuck and that Jonathan Groff has a similar credibility problem in the TV show Glee. He questioned whether any openly gay actor could acceptably portray a straight character.<ref>Setoodeh, Ramin. "Straight Jacket". Newsweek, Template:Nowrap</ref> 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. Chenoweth argued that audiences "come to the theater to go on a journey" and do not care about an actor's sexual orientation.<ref>"Kristen Chenoweth Stands Up for Gay Actors, Calls Out Homophobic Newsweek Article". Autostraddle.com, accessed Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref> The story was discussed in media including The New York Times<ref>Itzkoff, Dave. "Kristin Chenoweth Has Some Words for Newsweek". The New York Times, Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref> and the Los Angeles Times.<ref>Gornstein, Leslie. "Preach It! Kristin Chenoweth does our job for us. Thanks, doll!" Los Angeles Times, Template:Nowrap, 2010</ref>

Chenoweth has dated several men in Hollywood, including producer Dana Brunetti,<ref>McRady, Rachel. "Kristin Chenoweth, Boyfriend Dana Brunetti Split After Less Than a Year of Dating", Us Weekly, November 16, 2014</ref> actors Seth Green, Lane Garrison and Marc Kudisch (to whom she was engaged from 1998 to 2001),<ref>Dugan, Christina. "Kristin Chenoweth Says She 'Has to Learn' to Balance Life and Make Time for a 'Special Someone'", People, July 20, 2018</ref> and producer/writer Aaron Sorkin.<ref>Robinson, Joanna. "Aaron Sorkin Continues to Work Out His Issues with Ex-Girlfriends Through His Show", Pajiba.com, July 22, 2013, accessed January 21, 2015; Bardin, Brantley. "A Conversation with Singer-Actress Kristin Chenoweth", November 8, 2006, accessed January 21, 2015</ref> In Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the character of the Christian Harriet Hayes bears significant resemblances to Chenoweth, and the relationship between Hayes and "East coast liberal Jewish atheist" (Hayes' description) Matt Albie is modeled after that of Chenoweth and Sorkin. For example, Chenoweth's decision to appear on The 700 Club and her falling out with Women of Faith were depicted with the Hayes character.<ref name=NPR2009/><ref>Carter, Bill. "West Wing to West Coast: TV's Auteur Portrays TV", The New York Times, September 11, 2006, accessed January 21, 2015</ref> In 2018, Chenoweth began dating Josh Bryant, the guitarist for country band Backroad Anthem.<ref>Paul, Ranjita. "Kristin Chenoweth Boyfriend: The Actress Spotted With Josh Bryant at a Charity Event!", Otakukart, July 23, 2021</ref> They became engaged in 2021<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and were married on September 2, 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	US Christian <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	US Holiday <ref name="Nielsen Business Media, Inc">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	US Country <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	US Jazz <ref name="Nielsen Business Media, Inc"/>
Let Yourself Go	Released: May 29, 2001 Label: Sony Music Entertainment (#89384) Format: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—
As I Am	Released: April 5, 2005 Label: Sony Music Entertainment (#94384) Format: CD, digital download	—	31	—	—	—
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas	Released: October 14, 2008 Label: Sony Masterworks (#8869734256) Format: CD, digital download	77	—	7	—	—
Some Lessons Learned	Released: September 13, 2011 Label: Sony Masterworks Format: CD, digital download	50	—	—	14	—
Coming Home<ref name=ComingHome/>	Released: November 17, 2014 Label: Concord Format: CD, digital download	48	—	—	—	—
The Art of Elegance	Released: September 23, 2016 Label: Concord Format: CD, digital download	36	—	—	—	1
For the Girls	Released: September 27, 2019<ref name="For the Girls"/> Label: Concord Format: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl	68 <ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>	—	—	—	—
Happiness Is...Christmas!	Released: October 22, 2021<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Label: Concord Format: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl	—	—	17	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

List of Chenoweth's singles that have charted, with chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
		US <ref>Peak chart positions for singles in the United States: "Maybe This Time" and "Alone": Template:Cite magazine "Fire": Template:Cite magazine "One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" and "Home": Template:Cite magazine "Dreams": Template:Cite magazine</ref>	AUS <ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>	CAN <ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Canada "Alone": Template:Cite magazine "Fire": Template:Cite magazine: "One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" and "Home": Template:Cite magazine</ref>	IRL <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		UK <ref>Peak positions for singles in the United Kingdom: All peaks except "Home": {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Archive, accessed April 22, 2016 "Home": Template:Cite journal</ref>
"Maybe This Time" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)	2009	88	100	—Template:Efn	—	87	Glee: The Music, Volume 1
"Alone" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)		51	94	58	25	47
"Last Name" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)		—	—	—	44	83	Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One
"Fire" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)	2010	64	—	52	—	93
"One Less Bell to Answer / A House Is Not a Home" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)		53	—	63	—	77	Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
"Home" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)		90	—	92	—	116
"Dreams" (Glee Cast featuring Kristin Chenoweth)	2011	92	—	—Template:Efn	—	—	Glee: The Music, Volume 6
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		US Bub. <ref name=hot100>Peak chart positions for singles on the Bubbling Under Hot 100: "Evil Like Me": Template:Cite magazine "One Short Day": Template:Cite magazine</ref>	UK Sales <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>
"Popular"	2003	—	—	BPI: Silver<ref name=BPI>Template:Cite certification</ref>	Wicked
"Defying Gravity" (with Idina Menzel)		—	86	BPI: Platinum<ref name=BPI/>
"Evil Like Me" (with Dove Cameron)	2015	12	—	RIAA: Gold<ref name=BPIb>Template:Cite certification</ref>	Descendants
"One Short Day" Template:Small	2024	14	—		Wicked: The Soundtrack

Awards and honors

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.<ref>"Film, TV and Broadway Star Kristin Chenoweth to Deliver University Commencement Address at UNCSA", University of North Carolina School of the Arts press release, May 22, 2009, accessed March 7, 2010.</ref> Oklahoma City University, where she received her undergraduate and master's degrees, awarded her an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 2013.<ref name=Allen/> In 2010, Chenoweth was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.<ref>"Search by Name" Template:Webarchive, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, accessed February 28, 2015</ref> In 2011, she won the GLAAD Vanguard Award.<ref>Donnelly, Matt. "Kristin Chenoweth, Dolly Parton rally for GLAAD Media Awards in L.A.", Los Angeles Times blogs, April 11, 2011, accessed April 9, 2012</ref>

In 2012, the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center named its theatre the Kristin Chenoweth Theatre.<ref>"The Kristin Chenoweth Theatre", Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center, accessed December 1, 2014</ref> Chenoweth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.<ref name=HollywoodWalk>Adams, Thelma. "Kristin Chenoweth Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame", Variety, July 24, 2015</ref> In 2015, she was inducted as an honorary member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity's Sigma Theta chapter at Eastman School of Music.<ref>Kristen Chenowth, Sigma Alpha Iota of the Sigma Theta chapter, Eastman School of Music, October 10, 2015</ref>

Theatre

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Template:Abbr
1997	Theatre World Awards	Outstanding Broadway Debut	Steel Pier	Template:Won	<ref name=kcvault>"Kristin Chenoweth Broadway Roles, Awards", Playbill, accessed May 8, 2016</ref>
1999	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown	Template:Won	<ref name=kcvault/> <ref name=ibdbkc>"Kristin Chenoweth Broadway Awards", Internet Broadway Database, accessed May 8, 2016</ref>
	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical		Template:Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical		Template:Won
2004	Tony Awards	Best Actress in a Musical	Wicked	Template:Nom	<ref name=kcvault/> <ref name=ibdbkc/>
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Template:Nom
	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Template:Nom
2007	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	The Apple Tree	Template:Nom	<ref name=kcvault/> <ref name=ibdbkc/>
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Template:Nom
2015	Tony Awards	Best Actress in a Musical	On the Twentieth Century	Template:Nom	<ref name=kcvault/> <ref name=ibdbkc/>
	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Template:Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Template:Won

Television

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The West Wing	Template:Nom
2006				Template:Nom
2008	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie	Pushing Daisies	Template:Nom
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom
2009				Template:Won
2010		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Glee	Template:Nom
2011				Template:Nom
2012	People's Choice Awards	Best TV Guest Star		Template:Nom
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Special Class Program	69th Tony Awards	Template:Nom
2022	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Schmigadoon!	Template:Nom
2022	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy		Template:Nom
2023	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy		Template:Nom

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