Kristin Chenoweth
Acting • Born 1968-07-24
Biography
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.
Filmography
143 credits
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
Movie • 2007
Miss Noodle
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
Movie • 2023
Self
Running with Scissors
Movie • 2006
Fern Stewart
The Music Man
Movie • 2003
Marian Paroo
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Movie • 2009
Rosetta (voice)
Four Christmases
Movie • 2008
Courtney
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
Movie • 2002
Ms. Noodle
Bewitched
Movie • 2005
Maria Kelly
RV
Movie • 2006
Mary Jo Gornicke
Into Temptation
Movie • 2009
Linda Salerno
Deck the Halls
Movie • 2006
Tia Hall
Annie
Movie • 1999
Lily St. Regis
Tinker Bell
Movie • 2008
Rosetta (voice)
12 Men of Christmas
Movie • 2009
E.J. Baxter
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2021
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Movie • 2010
Rosetta (voice)
You Again
Movie • 2010
Georgia
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Movie • 2021
Self
Angels Among Us: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square featuring Kristin Chenoweth
Movie • 2019
Self
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie • 2022
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie • 2005
Sally (segment "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown")
Glee Encore
Movie • 2011
April Rhodes
Hit & Run
Movie • 2012
Debbie Kreeger
Family Weekend
Movie • 2013
Samantha Smith-Dungy
David Foster: Off the Record
Movie • 2019
Self
The Boy Next Door
Movie • 2015
Vicky Lansing
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
Rio 2
Movie • 2014
Gabi (voice)
Bros
Movie • 2022
Kristin Chenoweth
The Opposite Sex
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Kemp
Strange Magic
Movie • 2015
Sugar Plum Fairy (voice)
Our Little Secret
Movie • 2024
Erica
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Movie • 2011
Self - Performer
Descendants
Movie • 2015
Maleficent
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
Movie • 2024
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie • 2007
Self
The Pink Panther
Movie • 2006
Cherie
Stranger Than Fiction
Movie • 2006
Book Channel Host
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Movie • 2015
Self
Hard Sell
Movie • 2016
Lorna Buchanan
Class Rank
Movie • 2017
Janet Krauss
My Little Pony: The Movie
Movie • 2017
Princess Skystar (voice)
Hairspray Live!
Movie • 2016
Velma Von Tussle
The Star
Movie • 2017
Abby (voice)
Speech & Debate
Movie • 2017
Kristin Chenoweth
Space Chimps
Movie • 2008
Kilowatt (voice)
The Peanuts Movie
Movie • 2015
Fifi (voice)
Candide
Movie • 2005
Cunegonde
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
Movie • 2008
Self
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
Movie • 2018
Self - Host
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
Movie • 2018
Holidate
Movie • 2020
Aunt Susan
A Christmas Love Story
Movie • 2019
Katherine Clark
Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
Movie • 2014
Self - Hostess, Performer
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
Movie • 2006
Self
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
Movie • 2006
Self
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
Movie • 2006
Self
The Disney Family Singalong
Movie • 2020
Self
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Movie • 2020
Daisy / Mary (voice)
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
Movie • 2020
Soloist
National Champions
Movie • 2021
Bailey Lazor
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
Movie • 2009
Self
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Movie • 2021
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Movie • 2006
Christmas Carol (voice)
Wicked
Movie • 2024
Wiz-O-Mania Super Star
The Holiday Junkie
Movie • 2024
Mimi (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
Movie • 2001
Ms. Noodle
Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight
Movie
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Movie • 2025
Self
Big Shorts Mouse
Movie • 2003
Susie Sunshine (voice)
Rio 3
Movie
Gabi (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Glee
TV • 2009
April Rhodes
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Fillmore!
TV • 2002
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Schmigadoon!
TV • 2021
Mildred Layton
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Frasier
TV • 1993
Portia Sanders
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Diane
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Olive Snook
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Sit Down Shut Up
TV • 2009
Baby Bob
TV • 2002
Crystal Carter
Legally Mad
TV
Skippy Pylon
Kristin
TV • 2001
Kristin Yancey
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
GCB
TV • 2012
Carlene Cockburn
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Annabeth Schott
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Muppets
TV • 2015
Self
Mom
TV • 2013
Miranda
Celebrity IOU
TV • 2020
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Courtney
All Star Musicals
TV • 2017
Self - Judge
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Peggy Byrne
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Vanessa Gekko (voice)
American Gods
TV • 2017
Easter
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
Project Runway
TV • 2004
Self
Younger
TV • 2015
Marylynne Keller
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
TV • 2022
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Match Game
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV • 2012
Self - Guest Judge
Trial & Error
TV • 2017
Lavinia Peck-Foster
When I Was 17
TV • 2010
Self
RuPaul
TV • 2019
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Schmigadoon!
TV • 2021
Miss Codwell
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Vanessa Gekko / Mrs. Teach-Bot (voice)
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Devin (voice)
Kirstie
TV • 2013
Brittany Gold
Hollywood Game Night
TV • 2013
Self
Christmas in Washington
TV • 1982
Self - Performer
The Adventures of Disney Fairies
TV • 2010
Rosetta (voice)
Candy Land
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Vanessa Gekko / Knickerbocker Receptionist (voice)
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
TV • 2024
Self
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Jill (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Say Yes to the Dress
TV • 2007
Self
Stumble
TV • 2025
Tammy Istiny
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
CBS Mornings
TV • 2021
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest