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Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project.

Kristin is currently shooting the pilot for David Kelley’s NBC legal drama Legally Mad, where she will play “Skippy Pylon”, a cheerful and brilliant attorney who nonetheless exhibits flashes of psychosis. Kristin joined the cast of Fox’s animated comedy Sit down, Shut Up as the voice of science teacher, “Miracle Grohe” alongside Jason Bateman, Henry Winkler and Will Forte which will debut this spring. She also has an upcoming appearance on the new Fox comedy, Glee, which will premiere this spring.

Kristin has written an uplifting candid, comedic chronicle of her life so far which will be released by Simon & Schuster in April 2009. She also wrapped filming the independent film, Into Temptation, directed by Sundance filmmaker Patrick Coyle opposite Jeremy Sisto.

Kristin was last seen starring in the ABC series Pushing Daisies, where she was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Pushing Daisies was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for “Best Television Series �" Musical or Comedy”.

Kristin’s recent Christmas album, A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas, was released to rave reviews. She was also seen in the hit Warner Bros. film Four Christmases. Kristin can be heard as the voice of the fairy, Rosetta, in Walt Disney Picture’s Tinkerbell.

Kristin starred in Kern and Hammerstein’s rarely seen 1932 musical Music in the Air, the second Encores! production of New York City Center’s 2008-09 season. She starred in Stairway to Paradise, an original Encores! production celebrating the great Broadway revue. Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, Kristin concluded New York City Center’s 2007 season with beloved Broadway numbers from the early 20th century.

Kristin was seen in the season finale of ABC’s hit comedy Ugly Betty. She played an orthodontic technician who loves romantic comedies and becomes overly involved in her patients’ lives �" including Betty’s (America Ferrera).

Chenoweth starred in the critically successful and highly lauded limited-engagement of The Apple Tree at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54. She also had the honor of playing a sold out solo concert at the famed Metropolitan Opera House.

Many remember her show-stealing, Tony-winning performance in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and her triumphant star turn when she originated the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, which earned her a leading actress Tony Award nomination. Chenoweth also performed in the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions and in the Kander and Ebb musical Steel Pier, for which she won a Theatre World award. Chenoweth also performed in an Off-Broadway production of Moliere’s Scapin for the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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