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My Take
Kristin Chenoweth fascinates me because she refuses to be just one thing. Most performers with her classical vocal training stay in their lane; she took that operatic instrument and aimed it at comedy, television, voice work, and memoirs. Winning a Tony for playing Sally Brown — a deliberately small, unglamorous role — tells me she trusts craft over spectacle. I also admire the Oklahoma stubbornness underneath the sparkle: you don't go from Broken Arrow to a Hollywood Walk of Fame star without outworking everyone in the room. For me, she's the rare triple threat whose sense of humor is as precise as her soprano.
Overview
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth ( ; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968) is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティン・チェノウェス
- Reading
- くりすてぃん・ちぇのうぇす
- Born
- July 24, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 59 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / writer / voice actor / autobiographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Broken Arrow Senior High School
- University
- Oklahoma City University
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Theatre World Award
- 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
- 1999 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- 2011 GLAAD Vanguard Award
- 2011 Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.