Idina Menzel is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Elsa in the Disney animated film Frozen, and its stage adaptation Frozen: The Musical. She has also appeared in a number of other stage and screen roles, including Rent, Wicked, Glee, and If/Then. As a singer, Menzel has released four solo albums and has won a Tony Award and a Grammy Award.
Menzel was born on May 30, 1971, in Queens, New York. Her mother, Helene, is a therapist, and her father, Stuart, is a photographer. Menzel has a younger sister, Cara. Menzel’s parents divorced when she was 15 years old, and she subsequently took her mother’s maiden name as her stage name.
Menzel began her career in regional theatre, before making her Broadway debut in the 1995 original production of Rent. She went on to star in the original Broadway productions of Wicked and If/Then. In 2013, Menzel originated the role of Elsa in the Disney animated film Frozen. She reprised the role in the film’s stage adaptation, Frozen: The Musical, which opened on Broadway in 2018.
Menzel has released four solo albums: Still I Can’t Be Still (1998), Here (2004), I Stand (2008), and Idina. (2016). She has also collaborated on two albums with her then-husband, Taye Diggs: Christmas Wishes (2006) and A New Year (2009).
Menzel has won a Tony Award and a Grammy Award. She has also been nominated for three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
Menzel’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million.
