Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth began her theatre career in regional productions, including Babes in Arms at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and Phantom, in which she played Christine and toured in Germany. In 1994, she appeared Off-Broadway as Luisa in The Fantasticks and Kristy in Box Office of the Damned. In 1997, she played Hyacinth in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Moliere's Scapin and made her Broadway debut as Precious McGuire in Kander and Ebb's Steel Pier, earning a Theatre World Award.

In 1998, Chenoweth reprised her regional role of Anne Draper in the City Center Encores! staged concert of Strike Up the Band and originated the role of Nancy D. in the original Lincoln Center Theater production of William Finn's A New Brain. In 1999, she played Sally Brown in the Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, winning Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Later that year, she starred in the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions. In 2000, she starred as Daisy Gamble in the Encores! production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Chenoweth returned to Broadway in October 2003 as Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked following its San Francisco tryout. She received Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations for the role and remained with the production until July 2004. The Wicked cast album won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. In May 2004, she played Cunegonde in the New York Philharmonic revival of Candide, directed by Lonny Price, which was also broadcast on PBS's Great Performances.

From December 2006 through March 2007, Chenoweth starred as Eve in the Broadway revival of The Apple Tree, receiving Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations. In 2007, she played Female Star in the Encores! presentation of Stairway to Paradise and hosted the Drama Desk Awards. In 2009, she appeared in the Encores! production of Music in the Air and was part of the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. She also played Fran Kubelik in the 2010 Broadway revival of Promises, Promises, opposite Sean Hayes, remaining with the production until it closed in January 2011. In 2011, she played televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in a reading of the musical Rise.

In 2015, Chenoweth starred as Lily Garland in the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century at the Roundabout Theatre Company. The production opened in March for a limited engagement through July, and Chenoweth received a Tony Award nomination and won a Drama Desk Award for her performance. In November 2023, she made a cameo appearance in Gutenberg! The Musical! as The Producer. She co-produced and starred as Jackie Siegel in the musical The Queen of Versailles, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. The production premiered at the Colonial Theatre in Boston in 2024 and began performances at Broadway's St. James Theatre in October 2025.

Chenoweth began her television career with a guest appearance on LateLine, a role in the 1999 television series Paramour and television films including Annie, in which she played Lily St. Regis. In 2001, she starred in the NBC sitcom Kristin. She played Marian in the 2003 television film The Music Man, opposite Matthew Broderick, and made guest appearances on Frasier in 2001, Baby Bob in 2002, Fillmore! in 2003, Elmo's World, Sesame Street and Ugly Betty in 2007.

In 2004, Chenoweth began playing media consultant Annabeth Schott on The West Wing, appearing through 2006. She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards with the cast. From 2007 to 2009, she played Olive Snook on Pushing Daisies, earning two Emmy Award nominations and winning the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2009, she voiced Miracle Grohe in the animated series Sit Down, Shut Up and began a recurring role as April Rhodes on Glee. She received a Satellite Award for her performance and later received Emmy Award nominations for her appearances on the series in 2010 and 2011. She returned to Glee in 2011 and 2014.

In 2011, Chenoweth starred as Carlene Cockburn in the pilot for Good Christian Bitches, which was renamed GCB when it became an ABC series in 2012. She also guest-starred on Hot in Cleveland in 2012 and played Peggy Byrne in the fourth season of The Good Wife in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, she appeared as Brittany Gold on Kirstie. From 2014 to 2019, she voiced characters in five episodes of BoJack Horseman. In 2015, she played Maleficent in the Disney Channel original movie Descendants and co-hosted the 69th Tony Awards, earning an Emmy Award nomination. In 2016, she played Velma Von Tussle in NBC's Hairspray Live!

In 2017, Chenoweth played Easter in the Starz series American Gods and guest-starred on Younger. In 2018, she guest-starred on Mom and joined the main cast of Trial & Error as Lavinia Peck-Foster. She hosted and performed in the 2018 NBC special A Very Wicked Halloween and appeared in Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas. In 2019, she starred in the television film A Christmas Love Story and served as a judge on the British television special All Star Musicals. In 2020 and 2021, she hosted a six-episode Food Network competition series based on Candy Land. In 2021, she hosted a PBS Wicked concert special and played Mildred Layton in the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon!, earning a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination and a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award nomination. She also served as an adviser to Ariana Grande's team on The Voice in 2021. In 2023, she returned to Schmigadoon! as Miss Codwell and received another Hollywood Critics Association TV Award nomination.

In 2025, Chenoweth played cheerleading coach Tammy Istiny in the NBC comedy series Stumble. She is set to appear as a contestant on the fifth season of The Traitors in 2027. In 2022, she also hosted and investigated the Hulu miniseries Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders.

Chenoweth made her theatrical film debut as Patty in Topa Topa Bluffs in 2002. In 2005, she played Maria Kelly in Bewitched. In 2006, she appeared in The Pink Panther, RV, Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls and Stranger Than Fiction. In 2008, she voiced Kilowatt in Space Chimps and Rosetta in Tinker Bell, and appeared in Four Christmases. She also performed "That's How You Know" from Enchanted at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008.

In 2009, Chenoweth starred in Into Temptation and reprised her role as Rosetta in Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. She also filmed You Again, which was released in 2010. In 2012, she appeared in Hit and Run. In 2013, she played Samatha in Family Weekend. In 2014, she voiced Gabi in Rio 2 and played Mrs. Kemp in The Opposite Sex.

In 2015, Chenoweth appeared in The Boy Next Door, voiced the Sugar Plum Fairy in Strange Magic and voiced Fifi in The Peanuts Movie. In 2016, she played Lorna Buchanan in Hard Sell. In 2017, she played Janet Krauss in Class Rank and voiced Princess Skystar in My Little Pony: The Movie and Abby the Mouse in The Star. In 2019, she starred in A Christmas Love Story. In 2020, she voiced Daisy in The Witches and played Aunt Susan in Holidate. In 2021, she played Bailey in National Champions. She appeared as herself in Bros in 2022 and appeared as a "Wiz-O-Mania" Superstar in the 2024 film adaptation of Wicked, alongside Idina Menzel. In 2024, she also starred with Lindsay Lohan in the Netflix romantic comedy Our Little Secret. In 2025, she performed the end-credits song "Live Like That" for the animated film The King of Kings.

Chenoweth participated in the 1992 studio cast recording of The Most Happy Fella. She appeared on the cast recordings of A New Brain in 1998 and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and the studio cast recording of 110 in the Shade in 1999. In 2000, she appeared on Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino. In 2001, she appeared with Mandy Patinkin on Kidults and released her debut solo album, Let Yourself Go. In 2002, she performed songs from the album as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook concert series and played Fanny Brice in the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of Funny Girl. In 2003, she performed a solo concert as part of the Divas at the Donmar series in London and appeared as Glinda on the Wicked cast recording and on the soundtrack of The Music Man.

In 2004, Chenoweth released her second solo album, As I Am, and performed a concert at Carnegie Hall. In 2007, she performed a solo concert at the Metropolitan Opera and appeared with Nathan Gunn on Just Before Sunrise. In 2008, she released A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas. In 2009, she performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Fox Theatre.

In 2011, Chenoweth released the country-pop album Some Lessons Learned, on which she co-wrote two songs. In 2012, she released recordings of songs from GCB and conducted her first U.S. concert tour. In 2013, she performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australian concert tour. In 2014, she returned to Carnegie Hall with The Evolution of a Soprano and made her London solo concert debut at Royal Albert Hall. She also performed in Andrew Lippa's oratorio I Am Harvey Milk at Avery Fisher Hall. That year, she released Coming Home, which reached No. 48 on the Billboard 200.

Chenoweth continued her Coming Home Tour through 2017. In 2016, she released The Art of Elegance, which reached No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. She also performed the concert series My Love Letter to Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. In 2017, she performed at the London Palladium. In 2019, she released For the Girls, featuring collaborations with Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande, and presented Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls at the Nederlander Theatre.

In 2021, Chenoweth released the holiday album Happiness Is Christmas and returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Christmas at the Met. In 2022, she published the picture book What Will I Do for My Love Today?

Chenoweth has also appeared in numerous special events and television performances. She performed with the cast of Wicked at the 2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and performed "Oklahoma" at the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2007, she performed at the opening ceremony of the Tournament of Roses Parade. In 2008, she performed "The Christmas Waltz" at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2009, she performed with Il Divo during their Christmas Tour in New York City and Boston.

Chenoweth performed the U.S. national anthem at the 2010 New York Yankees home opener, the 2012 NFL NFC Conference Championship at Candlestick Park, the Arizona Cardinals' 2016 season opener and a 2017 Cardinals game against the Seattle Seahawks. In 2010, she hosted the 15th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards. In 2013, she co-hosted Oscars Red Carpet Live before the 85th Academy Awards, performed the closing number at the ceremony with Seth MacFarlane, hosted a Just For Laughs gala in Montreal and appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2015, she co-hosted the Tony Awards. From 2017 to 2018, she appeared with Andrea Bocelli during select American tour dates. In 2018, she performed with and narrated the Tabernacle Choir's Christmas concert series in Salt Lake City. In 2025, she performed the U.S. national anthem at Game 7 of the NBA Finals in Oklahoma City.