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Idina Menzel is an American actress and singer known for her work in theater, film, and music. She is widely recognized for her powerful voice and has achieved major success in Broadway productions and film soundtracks, making her a prominent figure in entertainment.
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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,…
Known for
- Frozen III — Elsa (voice)2027
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self2025
- Wicked — Wiz-O-Mania Super Star2024
- Once Upon a Studio — Elsa (voice)2023
- You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah — Bree Friedman2023
- Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2023
- Disney 100: Remember That — Self2023
- Harmonious Live! — Self - Host2022
- Power of Women: The Changemakers — Self2022
- Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? — Self2022
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- 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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- 1971-05-30
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- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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- 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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