Kristin Dawn Chenoweth is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway. In 2003, Chenoweth received a second Tony Award nomination for originating the role of Glinda in the musical
Wicked. Her television roles include Annabeth Schott in NBC's
The West Wing and Olive Snook on the ABC comedy drama
Pushing Daisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. She also starred in the ABC TV series
GCB in 2012, played Lavinia in
Trial & Error in 2018 and was the antagonist, Mildred Layton, in the Apple TV+ musical comedy
Schmigadoon! (2021).