Kristin Chenoweth is known for her work on stage, television and film. She was recently nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role the Emmy-nominated series “Pushing Daisies.” Her other television credits include “Ugly Betty” and “The West Wing.” She will next be seen in David E. Kelley’s legal drama “Legally Mad.”
Recently, Chenoweth appeared in the film “Four Christmases” opposite Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, and was the voice of “Rosetta” in “Tinkerbell.” This past summer she loaned her voice talents to the animated feature “Space Chimps” alongside Cheryl Hines and Jeff Daniels. She has wrapped filming on the independent film “Into Temptation,” where she played opposite Jeremy Sisto.
Chenoweth is well-known for her show-stealing, Tony Award-winning performance in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and her triumphant Tony Award-nominated turn as the original “Glinda the Good Witch” in “Wicked.”
A veteran of the concert scene, Chenoweth performed in a sold-out solo concert at Carnegie Hall in 2004 and continues to tour the country. She participated in the “Divas at Donmar” series, and continues to collaborate with various symphonies, including The New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. One of her proudest accomplishments was performing Bernstein’s “Candide” at Lincoln Center with The New York Philharmonic.
Her other performances include a sold-out solo debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, an evening at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and the Washington National Opera’s 50th Anniversary Gala with Placido Domingo. She is scheduled to have her Metropolitan Opera debut in March 2010 as “Samira” in John Corigliano’s “The Ghost of Versailles.”
Chenoweth released a Christmas album titled “A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas” this past year as well as two additional albums, “Let Yourself Go” and “As I Am.” She has also written an uplifting candid chronicle of her life scheduled to be released this spring.
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