Kristin Chenoweth
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvStumble
2025
Tammy Istiny
movieThe Holiday Junkie
2024
Mimi (voice)
movieWicked
2024
Wiz-O-Mania Super Star
movieBros
2022
Kristin Chenoweth
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieNational Champions
2021
Bailey Lazor
tvSchmigadoon!
2021
Mildred Layton / Miss Codwell
tvCandy Land
2020
Self - Host
movieHolidate
2020
Aunt Susan
movieRoald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Daisy / Mary (voice)
movieA Christmas Love Story
2019
Katherine Clark
tvTamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
tvRuPaul
2019
Self
All Star Musicals
2017
Self - Judge
movieThe Star
2017
Abby (voice)
movieMy Little Pony: The Movie
2017
Princess Skystar (voice)
tvAmerican Gods
2017
Easter
movieClass Rank
2017
Janet Krauss
movieSpeech & Debate
2017
Kristin Chenoweth
tvTrial & Error
2017
Lavinia Peck-Foster
movieHairspray Live!
2016
Velma Von Tussle
tvMatch Game
2016
Self - Panelist
movieHard Sell
2016
Lorna Buchanan
movieThe Peanuts Movie
2015
Fifi (voice)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Musical Guest
movieDescendants
2015
Maleficent
tvYounger
2015
Marylynne Keller
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
movieThe Boy Next Door
2015
Vicky Lansing
movieStrange Magic
2015
Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)
movieThe Opposite Sex
2015
Mrs. Kemp
movieKristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
2014
Self - Hostess, Performer
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Vanessa Gekko (voice) / Vanessa Gekko / Mrs. Teach-Bot (voice) / Vanessa Gekko / Knickerbocker Receptionist (voice)
movieRio 2
2014
Gabi (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvKirstie
2013
Brittany Gold
tvMom
2013
Miranda
movieFamily Weekend
2013
Samantha Smith-Dungy
tvRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Self - Guest Judge
movieHit & Run
2012
Debbie Kreeger
tvGCB
2012
Carlene Cockburn
movieGlee Encore
2011
April Rhodes
movieA MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2011
Self - Performer
tvConan
2010
Self
movieYou Again
2010
Georgia
movieTinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
2010
Rosetta (voice)
tvHot in Cleveland
2010
Courtney
tvThe Adventures of Disney Fairies
2010
Rosetta (voice)
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
2009
Self
movie12 Men of Christmas
2009
E.J. Baxter
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Peggy Byrne
movieTinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009
Rosetta (voice)
movieInto Temptation
2009
Linda Salerno
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvGlee
2009
April Rhodes
movieFour Christmases
2008
Courtney
movieTinker Bell
2008
Rosetta (voice)
movieSpace Chimps
2008
Kilowatt (voice)
tvPushing Daisies
2007
Olive Snook
movieA Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
Christmas Carol (voice)
movieDeck the Halls
2006
Tia Hall
movieStranger Than Fiction
2006
Book Channel Host
movieRunning with Scissors
2006
Fern Stewart
tvUgly Betty
2006
Diane
tvThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieRV
2006
Mary Jo Gornicke
movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")
movieBewitched
2005
Maria Kelly
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Devin (voice) / Jill (voice)
movieCandide
2005
Cunegonde
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieThe Music Man
2003
Marian Paroo
movieBig Shorts Mouse
2003
Susie Sunshine (voice)
tvBaby Bob
2002
Crystal Carter
tvKristin
2001
Kristin Yancey
movieAnnie
1999
Lily St. Regis
tvThe Early Show
1999
Self - Guest
tvThe West Wing
1999
Annabeth Schott
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
tvMADtv
1995
Self
tvFrasier
1993
Portia Sanders
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
Christmas in Washington
1982
Self - Performer
tvSesame Street
1969
Ms. Noodle
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Performer / Self - Performer / Winner / Self - Presenter / Self - Presenter / Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Legally Mad
Skippy Pylon
Production1
movieA Christmas Love Story
2019
Executive Producer