Kristin Chenoweth

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.

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 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States

Height

59 cm

Occupation

singer / actor / writer / voice actor / autobiographer

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

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://officialkristinchenoweth.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kchenoweth/
• Xhttps://x.com/kchenoweth
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Oklahoma
• singer
• actor
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.