Kristen Anderson-Lopez | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Anderson-Lopez in 2018 | |
| Born | Kristen Anderson (1972-03-21)March 21, 1972 (age 53) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Williams College (BA) |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | 2014:Academy Award for Best Original Song 2015:Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 2015:Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2018:Academy Award for Best Original Song 2021:Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an Americansongwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical filmFrozen and its 2019 sequelFrozen 2 with her husbandRobert Lopez. The couple won theAcademy Award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go" fromFrozen and "Remember Me" fromCoco (2017) at the86th and90th awards respectively. She also won twoGrammy Awards at the57th Annual Grammy Awards, and she is signed toDisney Music Publishing.[1]
Anderson-Lopez was raised inCroton-on-Hudson, New York (a suburb ofNew York City), until 1986; theMyers Park neighborhood ofCharlotte, North Carolina, from 1986 to 1990; andWaxhaw, North Carolina (a suburb of Charlotte), from 1990 onward (which was her home during her college years).[2][3] Her parents, Erin and John, still live in Waxhaw.[3][4] According to her father, Anderson-Lopez first fell in love with the theater at the age of four, when he took her to see aU.S. Bicentennial musical tribute staged in their then-hometown of Croton-on-Hudson.[4] After her family moved to North Carolina, she attended and graduated fromCharlotte Country Day School.[2] She went on toWilliams College in western Massachusetts, where she double-majored in drama and psychology and graduated in 1994.[3][4] After a theater internship in Florida,[3] Anderson-Lopez spent several years working temporary jobs while pursuing her dream of becoming aBroadway theatre performer in New York City.[4] In 1999, she entered theBMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop[2] and found her true calling as alyricist, and also met her future husbandRobert Lopez.[5]
In October 2003,[6] Anderson married Lopez, who would go on to become anEGOT-winning[7][8] songwriter, composer and lyricist, including threeTony Awards[9][10] forAvenue Q andThe Book of Mormon. They have two daughters;[11] Katie and Annie, who both had voice parts inFrozen.[11]
Anderson-Lopez's sister, Kate Anderson, co-wrote the songs forOlaf's Frozen Adventure.
In 2006, Anderson-Lopez and her husband wrote the songs for theWalt Disney World production ofFinding Nemo – The Musical.[12]
Anderson-Lopez is the co-creator of the musicalIn Transit, developed at the O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. The musical ranOff-Broadway at the 59E59 Theatre, from September 21, 2010, to October 30, 2010.[13] The production received the 2011Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble, as well as a nomination for the 2011Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical (among others) and the 2011Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. It opened onBroadway at theCircle in the Square Theatre in November 2016, directed and choreographed byKathleen Marshall.[14][15][16]
She co-created the romantic stage musicalUp Here, which debuted in 2015, with her husband andAlex Timbers.[17]
Her work for young audiences includes numerous short and full-length musical adaptations forTheatreworks USA (Diary of a Worm,Fancy Nancy,Condensed Classics).
Anderson-Lopez worked with her husband on theDisney Theatrical Productions stage musical adaptation ofFrozen, withJennifer Lee writing thebook.[18]
Anderson-Lopez's first collaborations with her husband involved writing several songs together for children's televisions shows, such asWonder Pets onNick Jr. andBear in the Big Blue House on theDisney Channel.[19]
Anderson-Lopez, along with her husbandRobert Lopez andHenry Jackman, wrote and produced music for the 2011Disney filmWinnie the Pooh,[20] for which they were nominated for anAnnie Award for Best Music in a Feature Production.[21][22] She also provided thevoice ofKanga in the film.[23]
Her work with her husband writing songs for the 2013 Disney filmFrozen,[24] including "Let It Go", won her anAcademy Award for Best Original Song at the86th Academy Awards and twoGrammy Awards at the57th Annual Grammy Awards.[25][26] Anderson-Lopez and her husband also wrote the music for the sequel,Frozen II.[27]
Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez again collaborated in writing songs and lyrics for the 2017Pixar filmCoco,[28] for which she won for anAnnie Award for Music in a Feature Production.[29] She also won anAcademy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Remember Me" at the90th Academy Awards.
Kristen Anderson-Lopez sings Elsa’s part in “I Seek the Truth”, an outtake song of theFrozen II soundtrack, along withPatti Murin singing Anna’s part. Murin had originated the role of Anna in the Broadway production ofFrozen.[30]
Anderson-Lopez and her husband wrote and produced music for the 2021 seriesWandaVision, set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe. The series features multiple title theme songs based on various classic American sitcoms, as well as the song "Agatha All Along".[31][32] In 2024, Anderson-Lopez and her husband returned to write multiple versions of "The Ballad of the Witches’ Road" for theWandaVision spin-offAgatha All Along.[33]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Best Original Song | "Let It Go"(fromFrozen) | Won | [34] |
| 2017 | "Remember Me"(fromCoco) | Won | [35] | |
| 2019 | "Into the Unknown"(fromFrozen 2) | Nominated | [36] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Music in a Feature Production | Winnie the Pooh | Nominated | [37] |
| 2013 | Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production | Frozen | Won | [38] |
| 2017 | Coco | Won | [39] | |
| 2019 | Frozen 2 | Nominated | [40] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Best Original Song | "Let It Go"(fromFrozen) | Won | [41] |
| 2017 | "Remember Me"(fromCoco) | Won | [42] | |
| 2019 | "Into the Unknown"(fromFrozen II) | Nominated | [43] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | "Kiss an Old Man"(fromThe Comedians) (Episode: "Celebrity Guest") | Nominated | [44] |
| "Moving Pictures"(fromThe Oscars) | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | WandaVision | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | "Agatha All Along"(fromWandaVision) (Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") | Won | ||
| 2025 | "The Ballad of the Witches' Road"(fromAgatha All Along) (Episode: "Circle Sewn with Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate") | Nominated | ||
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Short Form Program | We the People | Won | [45] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Best Original Song | "Let It Go"(fromFrozen) | Nominated | [46] |
| 2017 | "Remember Me"(fromCoco) | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | "Into the Unknown"(fromFrozen 2) | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Frozen | Won | [47] |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Let It Go"(fromFrozen) | Won | ||
| 2018 | "Remember Me"(fromCoco) | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Frozen 2 | Nominated | |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Into the Unknown"(fromFrozen 2) | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | "Agatha All Along"(fromWandaVision) | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Original Score | Frozen | Nominated | [48] |
