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Learn 50 facts about Emmy and Tony Award winning actress Emmy and Tony Award winning actress.
1. She is an Emmy and Tony Award winning actress.
2. She is also a singer.
3. Kristin Chenoweth, takes the lead in a career that spans film, television, voiceover and stage.
4. She received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the ABC series Pushing Daisies (Pushing Daisies was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for "Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy.")
5. Chenoweth lit up the stage of McKinley High as a former student who returned to town with more than the baggage from her flight, on Fox's hit comedy, Glee.
6. In her role as Glee's quirky ex-songstress, April Rhodes, she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a People's Choice Award in the category of "Favorite TV Guest Star."
7. Though Kristin has often come into our living rooms on hit shows such as The West Wing (where she starred as Annabeth Schott), she may be most remembered by Broadway lovers everywhere for her origination of the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, which earned her a Tony Award Nomination, and her Tony-winning performance in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, for which she stole the show and many hearts in the process.
8. Kristin received the coveted star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of live performances on stage or in theatre.
9. Chenoweth recently made her return back to Broadway, playing the glamorous film star, Lily Garland, in the Roundabout Theatre Company's On the Twentieth Century, which has received rave reviews.
10. Kristin's performance earned her the following awards: Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award.
11. She has also earned nominations for the following awards: Tony Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical" and a Drama League Award.
12. She co-starred in the Universal film The Boy Next Door, alongside Jennifer Lopez.
13. She was also seen in the film A Bet's A Bet (International title: The Opposite Sex.)
14. She's completed production on the indie teen drama entitled Hard Sell.
15. In July 2015, Chenoweth was seen in the Disney Channel's live-action original movie Descendants, where she played the classic Sleeping Beauty villain Maleficent.
16. Disney's Descendants became the #5 cable TV movie in history with 12.2 million viewers in its premiere and released a hit soundtrack, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at #1 on the iTunes album chart.
17. In 2014, Chenoweth starred as a poisonous frog named Gabi in the hit animated film Rio 2.
18. She also reprised her nominated role in the 100th episode of "Glee."
19. In May 2014, she returned to the famed Carnegie Hall; her first solo-concert at Carnegie Hall was in 2004.
20. On stage, she performed songs from her album, Some Lessons Learned, as well as some of her most memorable songs from Broadway's Wicked, Promises Promises, and TV's Glee.
21. She performed "An Evening With..." show at London's grade one listed and highly prestigious concert hall the Royal Albert Hall, in which she received a record-breaking standing ovation.
22. She was featured in the Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem, a concert special honoring the 200th anniversary of our national anthem, in Baltimore, Maryland. The event was televised live on PBS as part of the network's Great Performances series.
23. Chenoweth hosted the PBS Arts Fall Festival, which featured classic Broadway hits, music from around the country and theatre performances. The festival included her own concert performance, Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home, where she performed a career-spanning concert in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The concert was released as a live CD and DVD, and aired as a PBS television special Thanksgiving weekend 2014.
24. In 2013, she made her Australian national touring debut, headlining the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and performing at the famed Sydney Opera House.
25. She made national headlines with her stunning renditions of Hollywood's most beloved songs from classic films, when she performed at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
26. Kristin was also inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame.
27. In 2013, Kristin also performed at The Allen Room in New York's acclaimed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with her show - Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway... All of 'Em!!!, which also aired on PBS.
28. In addition to her starring roles on stage and screen, in 2009, Kristin also wrote an upliftingly candid, comedic chronicle of her life so far, in, A Little Bit Wicked, which was released by Simon & Schuster, and debuted on The New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Seller List.
29. The Kristin Chenoweth Theater at the BA PAC, renamed in 2012 to celebrate its biggest advocate, supporter and celebrated role model to aspiring hometown performers, welcomes internationally acclaimed concert artists and Broadway productions, provides educational outreach and master classes with touring artists, after-school and summer arts institutes, scholarship programs, community enrichment and opportunities for students to travel and perform on a national level.
30. Kristin is also a passionate supporter of charities which dedicate their time and efforts to helping those in need, such as: the Kristin Chenoweth Art & Education Fund, The Red Cross, Broadway Cares EFA, The Point Foundation, ASTEP, breast cancer awareness, adoption advocacy and organizations supporting animal welfare.
31. Chenoweth earned a Bachelor's degree in Musical Theater and a Master's degree in Opera Performance from Oklahoma City University.
32. She was also presented with Honorary Doctorate degrees from both the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and her alma mater, Oklahoma City University.
33. Kristin is an inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, as well as the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
34. Her middle name is Dawn.
35. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway.
36. Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma.
37. She studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre.
38. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier, winning a Theatre World Award.
39. Chenoweth had her own TV series Kristin in 2001, and has guest starred on many shows, including Sesame Street and Glee, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011.
40. In 2009, Chenoweth wrote a memoir entitled A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, describing her life and career, including her adoption, her turn in Wicked and her time in Hollywood. The book was released on April 14, 2009.
41. Chenoweth has spoken publicly about her religious faith; she describes herself as a "non-judgmental, liberal Christian".
42. Chenoweth released an album in April 2005, As I Am, a mixture of hymns and contemporary Christian music, with adult contemporary arrangements.
43. Chenoweth has dated several men in Hollywood, including producer Dana Brunetti, actors Seth Green, Lane Garrison and Marc Kudisch, and producer/writer Aaron Sorkin.
44. Chenoweth suffers from Ménière's disease, an inner-ear disorder that can cause vertigo, headaches and nausea, among other symptoms.
45. She has said that during some performances she has had to lean on her co-stars to keep her balance and that it has caused her to miss performances.
46. Chenoweth made her film debut in Topa Topa Bluffs in 2002 playing "Patty".
47. After a few years away from film she returned to the big screen in the 2005 film version of Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron, as Maria Kelly.
48. In 2006, Chenoweth played supporting roles in five films, The Pink Panther, RV, Running with Scissors, Deck the Halls, and Stranger Than Fiction.
49. On February 24, 2008, Chenoweth sang "That's How You Know" from the film Enchanted at the 80th Academy Awards in the Kodak Theater.
50. She also voiced Rosetta, the garden fairy in the 2008 animated film Tinker Bell.
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