Kristin Chenoweth Biography
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth is also known as Kristi Dawn Chenoweth is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. In 2003, the actress received wide notice for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked, including a nomination for another Tony Award. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012.
How old is Kristin Chenoweth? – Age
The American actress is 52 years old as of 24th July 2020. She was born in 1968 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States.
Who are Kristin Chenoweth Parents? – Father and Mother
The actress was adopted when she was five days old by Junie Smith Chenoweth and Jerry Morris Chenoweth, both chemical engineers from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, and named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth. She has stated that she is of one quarter Cherokee ancestry and that she eventually met her biological mother.
Kristin Chenoweth Siblings
The American actress was not the only child in their family. She has a younger sibling. She has a younger brother known as Mark Chenoweth, who they were raised together with love and support.
Kristin Chenoweth Education
The American actress, after graduating from Broken Arrow Senior High School, where she participated in school plays, she attended Oklahoma City University, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She earned a bachelor’s degree in musical theatre in 1990 and a master’s degree in opera performance in 1992, studying under voice instructor and mentor, Florence Birdwell.
Is Kristin Chenoweth In a Relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the American actress is in love. She has been dating her boyfriend Josh Bryant. The couple spent a lot of time together over these past few months due to the pandemic. Previously, the actress has dated several men in Hollywood, including producer Dana Brunetti, actors Seth Green, Lane Garrison and Marc Kudisch (to whom she was engaged from 1998 to 2001), and producer/writer Aaron Sorkin. She has no children yet.
Kristin Chenoweth Health
The actress suffers from Meniere’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.
Kristin Chenoweth Career
The actress when she started her career, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway in 1999. In 2003, she received wide notice for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked, including a nomination for another Tony.
The actress television roles have included Annabeth Schott in NBC’s The West Wing and Olive Snook on the ABC Comedy-drama pushing Daisies, for which she won a 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding supporting Actress in a Comedy series. She also starred in the ABC TV series GCB in 2012.
The actress 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.
The actress 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; 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). She also penned a 2009 memoir, A Little Bit Wicked.
In 2017, the actress played the role of Easter in the Starz TV series American Gods. In 2018 on Trial & Error, she appeared as Lavinia Peck-Foster, an eccentric heiress accused of her husband’s murder, who hires Josh Segal and Associates to defend her.
The actress 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. The same year, she appeared as a guest on another NBC special, Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.
In March 2019, Chenoweth appeared on British TV as a judge on an ITV special “All Star Musicals”. She and Elaine Paige also both performed “I know Him so Well”. A Food Network television competition show, derived from the game candy land, premieres in November 2020, hosted by Chenoweth.
In 2015, the actress co-hosted the Tony Awards. She appeared as a guest with Andrea Bocelli on some of his 2017–2018 American tour stops. In December 2018, she was the guest artist for the Tabernacle choir at Temple square’s Christmas Concert in salt Lake city, Utah.
Kristin Chenoweth Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of around $16 million as of 2021.