Idina Menzel
Known for: Acting
Born: May 29, 1971 in New York, New York, USA
Idina Kim Menzel (/ɪˈdiːnə mɛnˈzɛl/ ih-DEE-nə men-ZEL; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Broadway", Menzel is known for her commanding stage presence, powerful mezzo-soprano voice, and reputation as one of the most influential stage actors of her generation. Having achieved mainstream success across stage, screen, and music, her accolades include a Tony Award and a Daytime Emmy Award. Menzel rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996, making her Broadway debut as performance artist Maureen Johnson in the rock musical Rent, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2003, she originated the role of Elphaba in the musical Wicked on Broadway, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. After leaving the show in 2005, she reprised the role in the musical's original West End production in 2006, becoming the highest-paid actress in West End theatre history. In 2014, Menzel returned to Broadway in the musical If/Then, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination. Menzel began working in film and television in the early 2000s. After reprising her Rent role in the musical's 2005 film adaptation, she had a supporting role in Disney's musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007). She played the recurring character Shelby Corcoran on the musical television series Glee from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, Menzel has voiced Elsa in Disney's Frozen franchise; "Let It Go", a song she recorded for the first film, peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. Menzel has since played supporting roles in the films Uncut Gems (2019), Cinderella (2021), and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023). As a recording artist and songwriter, Menzel has released seven studio albums, including I Stand (2008) and Holiday Wishes (2014); the latter peaked at number six on the Billboard 200, becoming her highest-charting studio album to date. Description above from the Wikipedia article Idina Menzel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Rent
Maureen Johnson
Ask the Dust
Vera Rivkin
Enchanted
Nancy Tremaine
Frozen III
Elsa (voice)
Chess in Concert
Florence Vassy
Latchkey Kids
Frozen
Elsa (voice)
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Once Upon a Studio
Elsa (voice)
Idina Menzel: Live at Lincoln Center
Just a Kiss
Linda
Harmonious Live!
Self - Host
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler
Self
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Bree Friedman
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?
Self
Frozen Fever
Elsa (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
The Tollbooth
Raquel Cohen-Flaxman
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Musical Guest
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
Self