Kristin Chenoweth Reveals What's Still Left on Her Bucket List After Almost 3 Decades in the Entertainment Industry (Exclusive)

Kristin Chenoweth isn't done conscionable yet.

After almost 3 decades successful nan intermezo industry, the Emmy and Tony-winning actress, 56, reveals location are still things near to do connected her career bucket list.

"SNL," Chenoweth tells PEOPLE successful an exclusive interview, referring to Saturday Night Live, erstwhile asked astir what's still near for her to do. "I've ne'er been asked, but I watch it religiously, and I conscionable deliberation they're truthful talented."

Noting that she has "a batch of respect for sketch comedians," nan prima — who is moving with Nom Nom for nan pet nutrient company's "Make Mealtime Magical" campaign — continues, "I emotion comedy, and that's wherever I'm astir comfortable. I moreover person ideas if I ever sewage asked to travel on."

Adds Chenoweth: "I utilized to think, 'It's ne'er going to happen,' but past Betty White sewage asked, and I thought, 'Well, possibly I'll get asked earlier I die.' " (White, who died astatine property 99 successful 2021, became nan oldest personification to big SNL astatine nan property of 88 successful March 2010.)

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Chenoweth is known for her triple-threat abilities successful various projects crossed theater, television, movie and music.

She made her foray into nan intermezo manufacture done her Broadway debut in Steel Pier successful 1997. Two years later, Chenoweth won a Tony Award for her domiciled in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and successful 2003, she originated nan Tony-nominated domiciled of Glinda in Wicked. Her different Broadway credits include The Apple Tree in 2006, Promises, Promises in 2010 and On nan Twentieth Century in 2015, which earned her a third Tony Award nomination.

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Her tv roles include, but are not constricted to, Glee, Trial & Error, Schmigadoon!, The West Wing, GCB and Pushing Daisies, nan second of which earned her an Emmy win. In position of movie roles, Chenoweth has starred successful movies specified arsenic Bewitched, The Pink Panther, RV, Descendants, The Peanuts Movie and Our Little Secret.

As for music, Chenoweth has released various albums complete nan years, starting pinch 2001's Let Yourself Go. She is besides a New York Times bestselling author.

Alongside her aspirations to big SNL, Chenoweth tells PEOPLE she would besides emotion to lead a scary film.

"Something pinch Blumhouse," she explains, referring to nan accumulation institution down various thriller franchises, including Paranormal Activity, Insidious and The Purge.

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"I'd emotion to play for illustration a slayer that nary 1 expects. That'd beryllium fun," Chenoweth adds pinch a sly grin. "It would beryllium thing that group wouldn't spot coming. I emotion nan scary genre, suspense, thing for illustration that."

"I did really awesome movie pinch Jennifer Lopez called The Boy Next Door, and that was fun," continues nan star, whose upcoming projects see 2 TV movies, arsenic good arsenic her return to Broadway this autumn for nan first clip aft a decade distant in The Queen of Versailles.

Overall, Chenwoth explains, "At this constituent successful my life, I person to show you, I've been truthful lucky. I've gotten to play immoderate awesome parts."