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.
74 movies · 66 shows
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025·8.2
The Holiday Junkie
2024·6.4
Our Little Secret
2024·6.2
Wicked
2024·6.9
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024·5.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023·8.3
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
2023·0.0
Bros
2022·6.6
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022·0.0
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
2021·0.0
National Champions
2021·6.4
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2021·0.0
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
2021·10.0
Holidate
2020·7.0
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020·6.3
In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies
2020·10.0
The Disney Family Singalong
2020·8.3
A Christmas Love Story
2019·6.6
Angels Among Us: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square featuring Kristin Chenoweth
2019·0.0
David Foster: Off the Record
2019·7.0
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
2018·9.0
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
2018·9.5
The Star
2017·6.5
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017·7.3
Class Rank
2017·6.9
Speech & Debate
2017·5.9
Hairspray Live!
2016·7.3
Hard Sell
2016·5.9
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
2015·7.0
The Peanuts Movie
2015·7.0
Descendants
2015·7.2
The Boy Next Door
2015·4.9
Strange Magic
2015·7.3
The Opposite Sex
2015·4.5
Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home
2014·5.0
Rio 2
2014·6.5
Showing Up
2014·9.2
Family Weekend
2013·6.3
Hit & Run
2012·5.7
Glee Encore
2011·8.1
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2011·5.6
You Again
2010·6.3
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
2010·6.8
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
2009·5.2
12 Men of Christmas
2009·5.1
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009·0.0
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009·6.8
Into Temptation
2009·8.0
Four Christmases
2008·5.8
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
2008·0.0
Tinker Bell
2008·6.9
Space Chimps
2008·5.0
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007·7.2
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
2007·7.0
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006·6.7
Deck the Halls
2006·5.6
Stranger Than Fiction
2006·7.3
Running with Scissors
2006·5.8
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006·0.0
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006·9.3
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006·0.0
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006·0.0
RV
2006·5.9
The Pink Panther
2006·5.9
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005·7.0
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005·0.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005·7.2
Bewitched
2005·5.1
Candide
2005·7.2
The Music Man
2003·5.6
Big Shorts Mouse
2003·0.0
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse
2002·10.0
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
2001·6.0
Annie
1999·6.5