12 facts about Tony And Emmy Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth
By: WizBullFin
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Born on July 24, 1968 .At the age of five she was adopted by Junie Smith Chenoweth and Jerry Morris Chenoweth, chemical engineers from Oklahoma.
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Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and used to study opera before pursuing a career in musical theatre.
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She graduated in musical theatre in 1990 from Oklahoma City University and earned a master's degree in opera performance in 1992.
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Named "most promising up-and-coming singer" in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, she got full scholarship to Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts
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In year 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier. She won Theatre World Award as Outstanding Broadway Debut.
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In year 1999, she won a Tony Award in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for role Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway.
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Chenoweth had her own sitcom American television series, Kristin, in 2001. She appeared in television roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC's The West Wing
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In year 2003, Chenoweth received her second Tony Award nomination for her role of Glinda in the musical Wicked.
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She won a Primetime Emmy Award 2009 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, for role Olive Snook in comedy drama Pushing Daisies.
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For her work in shows, Sesame Street and Glee she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011.
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In 2009 she was given honorary doctorate in Performing Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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She won Drama Desk Awards 2015 and Outer Critics Circle Award both as Outstanding Actress in a Musical 2015 for On the Twentieth Century