Kristin Chenoweth

ABOUT KRISTIN CHENOWETH

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 .

She studied musical theater and opera performance at Oklahoma City University. She subsequently starred in a 1994 Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks.

She won a 2009 Emmy Award for her performance on the television show Pushing Daisies .

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.

In 2007, she guest-starred on the comedy drama Ugly Betty . The television series also featured actress Salma Hayek .