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Kristin Chenoweth (born July 24, 1968) is an American singer and actress. She frequently plays young ingenues in her roles and is renowned for her sense of comic timing and her outstanding soprano voice.
Chenoweth was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Oklahoma City University, where she received a bachelor's degree in musical theater and a master's degree in opera performance. She performed at Opryland. She won a "most talented up-and-coming singer" award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, which came with a full scholarship to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts, but when she auditioned for an Off-Broadway show and got the part she decided to forgo her scholarship and pursue a career on Broadway.
Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in a production of Molière's Scapin starring Bill Irwin, followed in the spring of 1997 by the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical Steel Pier, for which she won a Theatre World award. The following season, she appeared in the City Center Encores! production of the George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin musical Strike Up the Band, and the Lincoln Center Theater production of William Finn's A New Brain.
During the 1998 - 1999 season, she created the role of Sally in the Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, sweeping the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as the season's "Best Featured Actress in a Musical." Next, she starred in the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions, followed by appearances in ABC's television adaptation of the musical Annie (as Lily St. Regis), and in the leading role of the City Center Encores! production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
In 2003, Chenoweth performed songs from her album Let Yorself Go in concert for Lincoln Center's 5th American Songbook. She also received critical acclaim for her performance in City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash.
In London, she was involved in Divas at Donmar for director Sam Mendes, then appeared at the highly anticipated Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of the musical Funny Girl in New York City.
Chenoweth was a part of ABC's An American Celebration at Ford's Theater with Kelsey Grammer, NBC's Salute to the Olympic Winners, The Kennedy Center Gala honoring Julie Andrews and an episode of Frasier on NBC. She also starred as Marian in the ABC television production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man opposite Matthew Broderick.
In October 2003, Chenoweth returned to Broadway in Wicked, a musical about the early years of the witches of Oz, and was nominated for a Tony as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Glinda.
Chenoweth has also performed leading roles at the Goodspeed Opera House and the Guthrie Theatre, and she was chosen by the late Jerome Robbins as the guest soloist in his West Side Story Suite of Dances at New York City Ballet. She also starred in a short-lived sitcom, Kristin, for NBC.
At present (November 2004), Chenoweth is appearing in a featured role in television's West Wing, and is scheduled to appear in the movie Asphalt Beach in 2005. Additionally, she is at work on a second CD, which will feature a collection of inspirational songs.
External link
Kristin Chenoweth's official web site
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