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In Chenoweth portrayed Glinda, the good witch of the North, in Wicked , a Broadway musical about the early years of the witches of Oz. For that performance she was nominated for a Tony Award as best leading actress in a musical. In addition to stage Chenoweth has appeared in films and on television. She has recorded several albums and performed at Carnegie Hall and at the Metropolitan Opera. Her film credits include Bewitched and The Pink Panther Chenoweth was the voice of Rosetta in three children's films about Tinker Bell produced between and In , Chenoweth landed a starring role as Glinda in the Broadway hit Wicked.

The production had an all-star cast, and Chenoweth found herself losing a Tony Award to her co-star, Idina Menzel. After a year of Wicked performances, Chenoweth retired her wand. She set off for Los Angeles, where she took a job playing a plucky press secretary on the television series The West Wing. While working on the show, the actress met and began to date the show's writer and master of snappy dialogue, Aaron Sorkin.

During a whirlwind , the multi-talented performer appeared in six movies and two television shows, and starred in the Broadway musical The Apple Tree.

Noting she always seemed to thrive on a challenging schedule, Chenoweth said, "I maybe have a bit of career A. But I always did five million, jillion, gazillion things a day. In , Chenoweth went back to television as a cast member of Pushing Daisies, earning an Emmy Award for her quirky comedic performance. In , she had a supporting role as Reese Witherspoon 's on-screen sister in the romantic comedy Four Christmases.

Chenoweth appeared on FOX's hit television show Glee in , where, much to the enjoyment of fans, she was able to show off both her singing and acting skills. She was nominated for an Emmy for her performance on the show, and due to popular demand, was written back in for episodes airing in See more Latest features. See more Browse by. Who is Kristin Chenoweth? Movies, height, age and net worth 15 March , Updated: 19 March , By Maddy Shaw Roberts.

In , she released her debut solo recording entitled "Let Yourself Go", a collection of old standards from the s and s. In , she released a second album called "As I Am", which featured various spiritual songs. Won a full scholarship to the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, which she turned down when she received a role in an off-Broadway play. Has a dog, Maltese, named Maddie, after her idol, actress Madeline Kahn.

Maddie is also the name of "Maddie's Corner", the organization she founded to celebrate the bond between people and their pets, and also lend a helping hand when needed. Kristin was also approached for the role of Mary Sunshine which went to Christine Baranski.

Has one quarter Cherokee ancestry. Although she was adopted, she has information about her biological family. Her birth parents were a flight attendant and a married pilot.

Nicole Kidman met Kristin after a performance of "Wicked" and said she had enjoyed her performance as Glinda the Good Witch and that she would get a role written specifically for her in Kidman's movie Bewitched A few months later, Kidman followed up on her promise. Is trained in singing opera. Has ongoing performances with various symphony orchestras. As a child, Kristin auditioned for a role as an orphan in the film version of the Broadway musical "Annie". She did not get the role, primarily because her New Yorker accent an imitation of Barbra Streisand sounded too phony.

But Kristin later played the dimwitted villain Lily St. Regis in a made-for-TV movie of the musical. Fell down twelve concrete stairs and broke several ribs. Was in the running for the Madeline Kahn role in the stage version of Young Frankenstein but took the role on Pushing Daisies , instead.

Took some time off to take care of her sick mother, Junie Chenoweth, who was diagnosed with breast cancer but her mother has since recovered [April 26, ]. Has spoken publicly about her religious faith; she describes herself as a "non-judgmental, liberal Christian". When Chenoweth was a guest star on the television series Glee , series regular Chris Colfer told the Los Angeles Times that for him, "working with Kristin is what I can imagine what a priest would go through if they worked with Jesus".

Separated with Lane Garrison in Has had two television characters based on her: the main character, Kristin Yancey, in her short-lived eponymous sitcom Kristin , and the character Harriet Hayes played by Sarah Paulson on her one-time boyfriend Aaron Sorkin 's television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Was trained in singing by at Oklahoma City University by Dr.