Idina Menzel

Born May 30, 1971 in New York City, New York, US as Idina Kim Mentzel, she is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, best known for originating the roles of Maureen in "Rent" and Elphaba in "Wicked" and as the voice of Elsa in Frozen (2013). Her mother, Helene Goldberg, was a therapist and her father, Stuart Mentzel, was a pajama salesman. She is Jewish, her grandparents emigrated to the USA from Russia. She grew up in New Jersey and on Lon...