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Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked in 2003, winning a Tony Award for a performance that became the standard against which the role is still measured, and later took it to the West End as the production's highest-paid actress. A decade on, she gave voice to Elsa in Disney's Frozen; her recording of "Let It Go" reached the Billboard top five and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, carrying her theater career into a global audience.