Idina Kim Menzel (/ ɪ ˈ d iː n ə m ɛ n ˈ z ɛ l /; born Idina Kim Mentzel; May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Menzel rose to.

Idina Menzel - Wikipedia. Idina Kim Menzel (; born Idina Kim Mentzel; [1][2] May 3. American actress, singer, and songwriter.

Menzel rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical. Rent. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination in 1. She reprised the role in the musical's 2.

In 2. 00. 3, Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, a performance for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Menzel returned to Broadway as Elizabeth Vaughan in the 2. If/Then, which earned her a third Tony Award nomination. Additionally, Menzel is known for portraying the role of Shelby Corcoran on the musical dramedy TV series Glee from 2. Nancy Tremaine in the 2. Disney live action/animated film Enchanted and being the voice of Queen Elsa in Walt Disney Animation Studios' hit 2. Frozen, in which she sang the Oscar and Grammy Award- winning song "Let It Go".

The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 1. Menzel the first Tony Award- winning actress to reach the top 1. She ultimately won a Grammy award for the film's soundtrack. Her album Holiday Wishes was released in 2. Billboard 2. 00 album chart, making it her highest charting album to date. Early life[edit]Idina Kim Mentzel was born on May 3.

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Her birthplace is varyingly reported as either Queens or Syosset.[4][5] She grew up in Syosset,[6] the daughter of Helene, a therapist, and Stuart Mentzel, a pajama salesman.[7] She has a younger sister named Cara. Menzel's family is Jewish,[8][9] and her grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe.[1. Menzel attended Syosset High School.[1. When Menzel was 1. New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama.[1.

Idina changed the spelling of her surname to Menzel to better reflect the pronunciation the Mentzel family had adopted in America.[1. She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in Rent.[7]Theatre career[edit]In 1. Showtime Full Purple Rain Online Free.

Menzel auditioned for Rent, which became her first professional theatre job and her Broadway debut. Rent opened off- Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on January 2. Broadway's Nederlander Theatre due to its popularity.

For her performance as Maureen Johnson in the original cast of the musical, Menzel received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical losing to Ann Duquesnay for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. Her final performance in the musical was on July 1, 1. Following the success of Rent, Menzel released her first solo album entitled Still I Can't Be Still on Hollywood Records, Menzel also originated the role of Dorothy in Summer of '4. Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, starred as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores! Hair and appeared on Broadway as Amneris in Aida. Menzel earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kate in the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2. Broadway production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party.

Her other off- Broadway credits include the pre- Broadway run of Rent and The Vagina Monologues.[1. In 2. 00. 3, Menzel starred with actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in Wicked, a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1. Menzel received the 2. Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. During her penultimate performance of Wicked on January 8, 2. The injury prevented her from performing in her final show on January 9. Menzel did, however, make a special out- of- costume appearance at that performance, performed her final song, and received a five- minute standing ovation.[1.

Menzel was replaced by Elphaba standby Shoshana Bean. Following Wicked, Menzel appeared off- Broadway in the Public Theater's production of See What I Wanna See, a Michael John La. Chiusa- penned musical whose run ended in December 2. Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations. She reprised her Tony Award- winning role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked when it opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 7, 2. During her run, she was the highest paid female performer in the West End at $3.

Menzel finished her West End run on December 3. She was succeeded by Elphaba standby Kerry Ellis. Menzel played the role of Florence in the 2.

Chess at the Royal Albert Hall, London from May 1. Kerry Ellis, Adam Pascal, and Josh Groban. In 2. 00. 8, Menzel headlined the Powerhouse Theatre's reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical Nero from July 1. Nero's mistress, Poppea.[1. She was joined by Glee costar Lea Michele as Claudia Octavia, Jeffrey Carleson as Nero, and Michael Arden as Octavia's brother, Brittanicus. On February 2. 8, 2. Menzel would make her return to the Broadway stage, starring as Elizabeth in the new Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey musical If/Then.

The new musical, directed by Michael Greif (whom Menzel previously worked within the original production of Rent), had its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D. C., starting with previews on November 5, 2. November 2. 4, 2. Following the out- of- town tryout, the show moved to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway and began previews on March 4, 2. It officially opened on March 3. For her performance, Menzel was nominated for her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, losing to Jessie Mueller for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.[2. If/Then closed on Broadway on March 2.

Menzel reprised the role of Elizabeth (along with original Broadway cast members Lachanze, James Snyder, and Anthony Rapp) on the first seven stops of the National Tour of If/Then from October 2. January 2. 01. 6.

She departed the show (along with La. Chanze and Snyder) on the last day in Costa Mesa, California, on January 2. Her replacement was Jackie Burns (who previously served as Menzel's standby in the Broadway production) starting January 2. Dallas, Texas. Music career[edit]Menzel performed at the 1. Lilith Fair summer concert festival and continues to write and perform original music.

She has toured extensively and frequently performs in various venues throughout New York City. She produced and released her debut album, Still I Can't Be Still, for Hollywood Records in 1. One single from the album, "Minuet," made the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Tracks chart at number 4.

October 1. 99. 8.[2. Following the album release, she embarked on her Still I Can't Be Still Tour, but after selling fewer than 1. US and missing the Billboard 2. Menzel's label put the album out of print, and she was dropped from the label. However, the album was re- released once she began to rise to a greater fame with her Tony- winning performance in Wicked.

Her second album, Here, was released independently by Zel Records in 2. Menzel contributed to the soundtrack of Desperate Housewives in 2. She also appears on Ray Charles's album Genius and Friends, which was also released in 2. I Will Be There." In 2.

Beowulf soundtrack singing the end credits song, "A Hero Comes Home." Also, in 2. Menzel's powerful singing voice led her to be asked to accompany the baritone British X Factor runner- up Rhydian Roberts on his debut album, duetting on the song "What If". Her third solo album, I Stand, was released on January 2.

It includes many new songs, including the lead single, "Brave", the title track "I Stand," and a song released on EP, "Gorgeous." The album debuted at number 5. Billboard 2. 00, making it the first solo album by Menzel to make the charts. There are five versions of this album: the original version, the special limited edition, the i. Tunes version, the Barnes & Noble edition, and the Borders edition. Menzel wrote many of the songs on her album. On April 1, 2. 00. Menzel kicked off her 2.

I Stand tour in support of her new album performing four sold- out legs. The concert at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City was filmed for the PBS television series Soundstage.