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Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel

Acting
Born: May 30, 1971
From: New York, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Frozen III Elsa (voice) 2027
Once Upon a Studio Elsa (voice) 2023 8.265
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah Bree Friedman 2023 6.427
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 Self 2023 7.1
Harmonious Live! Self - Host 2022 6.8
Power of Women: The Changemakers Self 2022
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? Self 2022 5.9
Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler Self 2021 7.3
Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler 2021 8.0
Idina Menzel: Live at Lincoln Center 2019
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway Self - Host 2018 9.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet Elsa (voice) 2018 7.159
Beaches CC Bloom 2017 6.063
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights Elsa (voice) 2017 6.5
Olaf's Frozen Adventure Elsa (Voice) 2017 6.465
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney Self 2016 7.7
Frozen Fever Elsa (voice) 2015 6.831
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live Self - Musical Guest 2015 8.5
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic Self 2014 7.9
Frozen Elsa (voice) 2013 7.247
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love Self 2013 9.0
Chess in Concert Florence Vassy 2009 6.8
Enchanted Nancy Tremaine 2007 6.84
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Self 2007 7.214
Ask the Dust Vera Rivkin 2006 5.404
Rent Maureen Johnson 2005 6.834
The Tollbooth Raquel Cohen-Flaxman 2004 3.5
Water Jessy Turner 2004 9.0
Just a Kiss Linda 2002 4.357
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Known forActing
Credits30
Born1971
FromNew York, New …