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Idina Menzel is an American female vocalist whose career began in 1995. She is associated with Broadway, musicals, and pop music. Her recorded works include "Let It Go," "Proud Mouse," and "Making Today a Perfect Day" from *Frozen Fever*. She has one child.
Menzel has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. Her musical output includes five works according to Crossref and twelve works listed by Open Library. She is categorized under genres such as musical and pop.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Aaron Lohr
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Notable work
- Frozen
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- musical
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Hollywood Records
- Official website
- www.idinamenzel.com
- Image
- IdinaMenzel-byPhilipRomano.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Idina Menzel
- date of birth
- 1971-05-30
- Commons gallery
- Idina Menzel
- birth name
- Idina Kim Mentzel
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- topic has template
- Template:Idina Menzel
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- writing language
- American English
- social media followers
- 329000
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Encyclopedic overview
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, which earned her 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.
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