Kristin Chenoweth
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About
Stage actress who won a Tony Award for her performance in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Her other Broadway credits include Wicked, Candide, and The Apple Tree. In 2015, she appeared as Maleficent in the Disney TV movie Descendants.
Before Fame
She studied musical theater and opera performance at Oklahoma City University. She subsequently starred in a 1994 Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks.
Trivia
She won a 2009 Emmy Award for her performance on the television show Pushing Daisies.
Family Life
Born of partial Cherokee, she was adopted as an infant by Jerry and Junie Chenoweth. She dated screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. In 2021, she got engaged to Backroad Anthem guitarist Josh Bryant. The couple got married in September 2023.
Associated With
In 2007, she guest-starred on the comedy drama Ugly Betty. The television series also featured actress Salma Hayek.
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