Idina Menzel
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"Idina Menzel" is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway musical Rent (musical)/Rent, a role which she reprised for the Rent (film)/2005 feature film adaptation of the musical. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1996 for her performance in Rent. In 2004, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked (musical)/Wicked. Menzel made her return to Broadway in the 2014 original musical If/Then (musical)/If/Then, which earned her a nomination for the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She was then honored with the Breakthrough Artist award at the 2014 Billboard (magazine)/Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony.

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I am so proud to be in a musical that celebrates women, that celebrates their strengths and their differences.

He would sing Rent songs to me. He told me how much he really loved musical theatre, which you would never know.