VIDEO: Kristin Chenoweth Talks Benefits of Being 4'11' on MEREDITH VIEIRA

By: Dec. 04, 2014
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Kristin Chenoweth stopped by this week's THE MEREDITH VIEIRA SHOW to share the perks and disadvantages to being 4'11". "Well I'm never going to be taller than George Clooney so I don't have to worry about wearing flats," joked the Broadway star. Watch the clip below!

Emmy and Tony Award-winner and Hollywood Bowl and Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee, Kristin Chenowetheffortlessly transitions between stage, television, film and an accomplished singing career. 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.

While starring in the ABC series "Pushing Daisies," she received an Emmy Award for Best SupportingActress in a Comedy Series. Chenoweth has appeared on Fox's comedy "Glee" in a role for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and for a People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite TV Guest Star. In early 2015 she will return to Broadway to play the glamorous film star Lily Garland in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 20-week limited engagement of On the Twentieth Century. Chenoweth has completed production on the Universal film The Boy Next Door, alongside Jennifer Lopez, Opposite Sex, an indie teen drama entitled Hard Sell and the Disney Channel's live-action original movie Descendants, in which she will play the classic Sleeping Beauty villain Maleficent. On November 17, her new album, "Coming Home," will be released on Concord Records.



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