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Facts

Birth name: Kristi Dawn Chenoweth
Nickname: Cheno
Date of Birth: 24 July 1968
Birth Place: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
Height: 4' 11" (1.50 m)

TRIVIA:
&; Has a 4-octave range. (Most people have an octave range of 2 - 2.5)

&; Turned down the role of Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the La Jolla Playhouse to star in a self-titled sitcom on NBC called Kristin in 2001.

&; Earned a bachelor's degree in musical theater and a master's degree in opera performance from Oklahoma City University, which she attended on a full scholarship to study voice.

&; Finished 1st runner-up in the Miss Oklahoma pageant.

&; Won "Miss Oklahoma City University" title, and went on to win second runner up in the Miss Oklahoma pageant in 1991.

&; In 2002, released her debut solo recording entitled "Let Yourself Go," a collection of old standards from the 1930s and '40s. In 2005, she released a second album called "As I Am," which featured various spiritual songs.

&; Inspired the role of Glinda--Stephen Schwartz, who wrote Wicked the musical, wrote the role of Glinda with Kristin in mind even before Kristin agreed to play the part.

&; Won a full scholarship to the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, but turned it down when she received a role in an off-Broadway play, Scapin.

&; Performed at Opryland Themepark in Nashville, Tennessee in the early years of her career.

&; Is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.

&; Is a 32D

&; Won Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress "Featured Role - Musical" for her portrayal of Sally in a revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

&; Was nominated as Best Actress (Musical) in 2004 for her role as Galinda/Glinda in Wicked.

&; Has a dog named Maddie, named after actress Madeline Kahn.

&; She has incredible relative pitch and near-perfect pitch.

&; She was shortlisted to play Roxie Hart in Chicago (2002), but the part ultimately went to Renée Zellweger. Kristin was also approached for the part of Mary Sunshine (which went to Christine Baranski).

&; Is a 1986 graduate of Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

&; She is 1/4 Cherokee. Although she was adopted, she has information about her biological family.

&; Shares a birthday with Jennifer Lopez. However Kristin was born a year earlier.

&; Ex-boyfriend Aaron Sorkin based television show Studio 60's character Harriet Hayes on Kristin.

&; Nicole Kidman met Kristin after a performance of Wicked, and said she had enjoyed her performance as Glinda the Good Witch and that she would get a part written specifically for her in Kidman's new movie, Bewitched (2005).

&; Is trained in singing opera; she is a lyric colotura.

&; She is a natural brunette.

&; As a child, Kristin auditioned for a role as an orphan in the 1982 film version of the Broadway musical, "Annie." She didn't get the part, primarily because her "New Yorker" accent (an imitation of Barbra Streisand) sounded too phony. But Kristin later played the dim-witted villain Lily St. Regis in a made-for-TV movie of the musical.

&; Named #49 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

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