---
name: "Idina Menzel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/idina-menzel"
fi1m_id: "idina-menzel"
imdb_id: "nm0579953"
tmdb_id: 19394
wikidata_id: "Q157400"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T14:38:13.314432+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Idina Menzel

## Identity

Idina Menzel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/idina-menzel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** idina-menzel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0579953
- **TMDB ID:** 19394
- **Wikidata ID:** Q157400
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157400, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19394

Actor. Born 30 May 1971 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 May 1971, New York, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Idina Kim Menzel, Idina Mentzel
- **Frequently works with:** [Jennifer Lee](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lee.md), [Jonathan Groff](https://film.one/person/jonathan-groff.md), [Josh Gad](https://film.one/person/josh-gad.md), [Kristen Bell](https://film.one/person/kristen-bell.md), [Peter Del Vecho](https://film.one/person/peter-del-vecho.md), [Chris Buck](https://film.one/person/chris-buck.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 73 (4), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Family 4, Fantasy 4, Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,412m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157400, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19394

## Coming up

- *Frozen III* (2027-11-24), as Elsa (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Enchanted*](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md) (76), [*Frozen*](https://film.one/film/frozen.md) (75), [*Frozen II*](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md) (65)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Uncut Gems*](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Idina Menzel

> Idina Menzel's instrument is a Broadway belt that can turn a cartoon into a confession. Her best screen work comes when a film either builds a number around that voice or takes it away from her and asks her to stand in a room and not sing.

Elsa runs up a mountain, and for a couple of minutes *Frozen* (2013) stops being a fairy tale about a girl who must hide what she can do and becomes a film about a woman who has decided not to. The palace grows out of a staircase in walls of blue ice, and over it Idina Menzel puts a full Broadway belt, the kind built to reach the back of a theatre and never asked to reach a microphone. It is the best stretch in the film, and Disney has not managed anything as good in years. The animators draw the palace; the voice is what makes it go up.

That voice was a stage instrument long before anybody drew a picture to it. Menzel made her name as Maureen in *Rent* (1996), then as Elphaba in *Wicked* (2003, and in the West End in 2006), and between the two roles you can see the shape of her career: fierce women, usually on the outside of things, frightened of their own force and eventually letting it out. Elsa is the same woman with a fjord behind her. Television found her a version of the part too, as Shelby Corcoran on *Glee* (2010 to 2013), and she went back to Broadway with *If/Then* (2014). Then, six years after *Frozen*, she turned up in *Uncut Gems* (2019) as Dinah Ratner and did not sing a note.

We did not expect to be got at by a Disney princess singing on a staircase, and we were, and the reason is plain: the note goes up at exactly the moment a character who has spent her whole life keeping it down decides to stop. That is Menzel's trick, on stage and on screen. She sings like someone being let out of a room. It works in Arendelle because Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee build the first forty minutes towards it and Christophe Beck's score, with its chanted Nordic voices, gives the belt something cold to melt.

*Uncut Gems* takes the instrument away and finds there is an actor underneath. As Dinah, stuck in Howard's orbit, she is sharp, tired and entirely unimpressed by him, and Menzel suggests a life running alongside Adam Sandler's chaos rather than inside it. The film does not follow her into that life; it is Howard's picture, and Menzel and Julia Fox are left doing a great deal of reacting to a man who never stops talking. We wanted more of her, which is at least the right complaint to have about a supporting part.

Menzel has said she yearned "to be part of something that was different from what people expected for me", and *Uncut Gems* is proof it can be done. The danger is the opposite one: that the voice is so large it is the only thing directors can hear. The next interesting film she makes will be the one that casts her for her stillness and then, late on, lets her open her mouth.

## Biography

Idina Menzel is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 1996 as Maureen Johnson in the musical *Rent*, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2003 she originated the role of Elphaba in *Wicked* on Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and later reprised it in the West End production.

Menzel graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She has voiced Elsa in Disney's *Frozen* (2013) and its sequels and shorts. Her film roles include Nancy Tremaine in *Enchanted* (2007) and Dinah Ratner in *Uncut Gems* (2019). She played Shelby Corcoran in the television series *Glee* from 2010 to 2013 and returned to Broadway in *If/Then* (2014), receiving a further Tony nomination.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com, decider.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Frozen II* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Elsa (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md)
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Fi1m 85, as Dinah Ratner — [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Fi1m 66, as Elsa (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Frozen* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Elsa (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), Fi1m 76, as Nancy Tremaine — [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Rescue Me* (2004), Fi1m 77, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/rescue-me.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Frozen III* (2027), as Elsa (voice)
- *Wicked* (2024), as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), as Elsa (voice)
- *You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah* (2023), as Bree Friedman
- *Disenchanted* (2022), as Nancy Tremaine
- *American Murderer* (2022), as Melanie
- *Cinderella* (2021), as Vivian
- *25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love* (2021), Actor
- *Once Upon a Snowman* (2020), as Elsa (voice) (archive sound)
- *Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway* (2020), as Performer
- *Zenimation* (2020), series, as Elsa (voice) (archive footage)
- *Repeat Attenders* (2020), Actor
- *Frozen II* (2019), as Elsa (voice) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/frozen-ii.md)
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), as Dinah Ratner — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Idina Menzel: Live at Lincoln Center* (2019), Actor
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), as Elsa (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration* (2017), Actor
- *Olaf's Frozen Adventure* (2017), as Elsa (Voice)
- *Julie's Greenroom* (2017), series, Actor
- *Beaches* (2017), as CC Bloom
- *LEGO Frozen Northern Lights* (2017), as Elsa (voice)
- *LEGO Frozen Northern Lights* (2016), series, as Elsa (voice)
- *Frozen Fever* (2015), as Elsa (voice)
- *Frozen* (2013), as Elsa (voice) — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/frozen.md)
- *Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Chess in Concert* (2009), as Florence Vassy
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Shelby Corcoran — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *The Best Of Sound Stage* (2008), Actor
- *Enchanted* (2007), as Nancy Tremaine — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Lisa King
- *Wonder Pets!* (2006), series, as The Queen of Hearts (voice)
- *Ask the Dust* (2006), as Vera Rivkin
- *Rent* (2005), as Maureen Johnson
- *Water* (2004), as Jessy Turner
- *The Tollbooth* (2004), as Raquel Cohen-Flaxman
- *Kevin Hill* (2004), series, as Francine Prescott
- *Rescue Me* (2004), series, Actor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/rescue-me.md)
- *Soundstage* (2003), series, Actor
- *Just a Kiss* (2002), as Linda
- *Kissing Jessica Stein* (2002), as Bridesmaid
- *Arthur* (1996), series, as Dr. Paula (voice)
- *The Smurfs Movie*, as Natural Smurfling (voice)
- *Latchkey Kids*, Actor
- *Frozen IV*, as Elsa (voice)
- *Just Picture It*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Broadway stars sing "What The World Needs Now" (in tribute to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting) at the 2016 Democratic National Convention](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-b322f9929990.jpg) Broadway stars sing "What The World Needs Now" (in tribute to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting) at the 2016 Democratic National Convention — A. Shaker/VOA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Broadway_at_2016_DNC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![From left: Sarah Brightman, Idina Menzel, Rodney Atkins, Gladys Knight and John Schneider sing God Bless America at the conclusion of the 2008 National Memorial](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-ca4d789c0eef.jpg) From left: Sarah Brightman, Idina Menzel, Rodney Atkins, Gladys Knight and John Schneider sing God Bless America at the conclusion of the 2008 National Memorial — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Defense.gov_photo_essay_080525-N-0696M-277.jpg/1280px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_080525-N-0696M-277.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Menzel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-7844a5ef9ddc.png) Menzel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2025) — Caterpillar84, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_stars_-_Idina_Menzel.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Idina Menzel at the Opening Night of "Queen of Versailles" on Broadway, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-936503cea3f7.jpg) Idina Menzel at the Opening Night of "Queen of Versailles" on Broadway, 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/IdinaMenzel-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-IdinaMenzel-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-150e118ef989.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-373cbede74b6.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-fac49ba2a189.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB
- ![Idina Menzel coming out of stage door. (2004)](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-44148bac42fb.jpg) Idina Menzel coming out of stage door. (2004) — Taken on August 17, 2004 and originally uploaded on flickr on June 18, 2005 by Eleutheromanic., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Idina_Menzel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Wicked witch Elphaba. The Tony Award Winner (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-943ba78b59cd.jpg) Wicked witch Elphaba. The Tony Award Winner (2006) — ToniaYu from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Idina_Menzel_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-ae2df15f8543.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-d1f82973d456.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB
- ![Idina Menzel](https://film.one/media/person/131815/gallery-e23e66689109.jpg) Idina Menzel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- Disney Legends 2022: Disney Legends (won)
- National Medal of Arts 2022: National Medal of Arts (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2014: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 2004: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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