Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth Dawn ( born July 24, 1968 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American musical artist and film actress.
- 6.1 theater awards
- 6.2 Movie and TV Awards
Life
Kristin Chenoweth was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and already adopted shortly after her birth. Together with her brother, the biological son of her adoptive parents, she grew up in Broken Arrow. Their musical talent was encouraged early on and she took dancing and singing lessons. After her high school graduation in 1986 she was trained at Oklahoma State University in Oklahoma City. There she earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater and continued to study at Master's degree in Opera Performance.
She was engaged to her colleague Marc Kudisch. However, the couple separated in 2001. Subsequently Chenoweth was for a time romantically involved with actor and presenter Jeff Probst.
Career
Theater
Kristin Chenoweth was in 1997 made her Broadway debut in the production of Steel Pier. A wide audience in 1999 she became known when she played in the musical You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. Your interpretation of Sally brought her both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award as a Best Supporting Actress.
She gained international recognition in particular through their involvement in the original cast of the Broadway production of the musical Wicked - The Witches of Oz alongside Idina Menzel and Joel Grey. For her portrayal of the witch Galinda / Glinda Chenoweth has won several awards.
In 2007, she enjoyed success with the musical The Apple Tree, for which she was again nominated for a Drama Desk Award. 2008 she portrayed Cunegonde in the musical Candide at the English National Opera.
From April 2010 to January 2011, she was on Broadway in New York in the musical Promises, Promises in to see the role of Fran Kubelik.
Music
Kristin Chenoweth is a classically trained singer. They interpreted alongside classic songs and operas also successfully pop music and musical pieces. As a singer Chenoweth occurs at various events such as the Evening at Pops 2004 of the television station PBS and can be seen with their own concerts in the United States. The hallmark of the actress in addition to their size of only 150 cm belongs to the very high voice, which extends into the whistle register. Chenoweth is a lyrical Koloratursoubrette. She even compared her voice to that of Betty Boop once.
Kristin Chenoweth was involved in the various soundtracks of their musical involvement. In addition, she has since her debut Let Yourself Go now released several solo albums as As I Am or a compilation of Christmas songs on the CD published in 2008, A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas.
In September 2011, Chenoweth released a country album titled Some Lessons Learned ..
Film and Television
Through her success on Broadway in 2001, the actress received its own television series. Chenoweth embodied in the partly autobiographical show her alter ego, the budding actress and singer Kristin Yancey, the job t to finance their livelihood as a secretary. The series was discontinued for lack of viewers already after one season.
This was followed by guest appearances on Frasier, Sesame Street, and Ugly Betty. From 2004 to 2006, she starred in the award-winning series The West Wing on the side of Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, Martin Sheen and John Spencer. She appeared in the U.S. series Pushing Daisies, the role of Olive Snook and was twice nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for this.
In 2002, Kristin Chenoweth made her film debut. Since then she has represented over and over again on the big screen in supporting roles. In Bewitched, she played in 2005 on the side of Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and Shirley MacLaine. A year later she was seen among others in the comedy Stranger Than Fiction Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffman, The Chaos campers with Robin Williams, and The Pink Panther with Steve Martin and Kevin Kline. For the latter two, she was nominated as worst supporting actress for the Golden Raspberry.
For her role as Olive Snook in the television series Pushing Daisies, she was awarded the 2009 Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Engagements
Broadway
Off Broadway
- The Fantasticks
- 1994 Box Office of the Damned
- 1997: Scapin
- 1998: A New Brain
Other
Filmography
Movies
- 2002: Topa Topa Bluffs
- 2005: show business
- 2005: Bewitched
- 2006: The Pink Panther
- 2006: The Chaos Camper
- 2006: Krass
- 2006: Stranger than Fiction
- 2006: Deck the Halls ( Deck the Halls )
- 2008: Tinker Bell
- 2008: My love, our family and I (Four Christmases )
- 2008: Monkeys in Space ( Space Chimps )
- 2009: Into Temptation
- 2009: Twelve men for one year ( Twelve Men of Christmas )
- 2010: You Again ( You Again )
- 2010: Tinkerbell 3 - Great Fairy Rescue ( Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, Voice of Rosetta )
- 2013: Family Weekend
- 2014: Rio 2 - Jungle Fever (Rio 2, Voice of Gabi )
Series
Discography
- 2001: Let Yourself Go
- 2005: As I Am
- 2008: A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas
- 2011: Some Lessons Learned
- 2000: John Bucchino: Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino
- 2001: Mandy Patinkin: Kidults
- 2007: Nathan Gunn: Just Before Sunrise
Awards
Theater awards
Movie and TV Awards
- 2005: nominated for a SAG Award: Outstanding Performance by Ensemble in a Drama Series at for The West Wing
- 2006: nominated for a SAG Award: Outstanding Performance by Ensemble in a Drama Series at for The West Wing
- 2006: nominated for the Golden Raspberry: Worst Supporting Role for Deck the Halls, The Pink Panther and The Chaos Camper
- 2008: nominated for the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Pushing Daisies
- 2009: Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Pushing Daisies