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Idina Menzel is an American actress and singer born in 1971 in Queens, New York. Menzel is well known for Broadway roles in productions such as RentWicked, andIf/Then. She has also appeared on television shows such as Glee, Sesame Street, Kevin Hill, Private Practice, and Great Performances. Menzel was a voice actor in the animated features Enchanted and Frozen. Mentzel has also released the albums Still I Can’t Be Still, Here, I Stand, and Live: Barefoot at the Symphony. Her most popular singles include MinuetGorgeous, and Brave. She was formerly married to actor Taye Diggs and has one child.

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2 Nov, 2015

Let it Go performance

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At the final leg of her U.S. tour, in Tampa, Swift performs  Let It Go with Menzel dressed as Olaf the snowman.

Frozen totally happened tonight. And 55,000 people sang ‘Let It Go’ so loudly, it nearly took my breath away.

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5 Dec, 2014

Idina Menzel interview

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Seacrest interviews Menzel during On Air With Ryan Seacrest about her hit single Let It Go. 

I’m not sick of it, honestly I wanted a hit song my whole life. “I’ve been around trying to do my thing and I’ve had my ups and downs, and I never would have thought that this song from this movie would help break these barriers and up my profile. Sometimes it’s not the easiest song to sing when I wake up in the morning but no, I’m not sick of it.

Redbook cover

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idina-menzel-redbook-december-january-issueMenzel appears on the cover of the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Redbook magazine. She talks about dating after her divorce and being a single working mom.

The guilt is the thing that we as women all feel, whether we stay at home or we work. There are a lot of double standards with the way the men in our lives see how we make those choices. I think there’s an accounting for how much time I spend with my son, and men don’t have to account for how much time they spend with their child. It hurts to feel that’s a judgment being made. Because we’re already judging ourselves.

6 Jun, 2004

Wins Tony

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Menzel wins the Tony Award for Best Actress (Musical) at the 58th Annual Tony Awards for portraying Elphaba in Wicked.

Idina Menzel wins 2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical