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Changed last name from "Mentzel" to "Menzel" because it was always pronounced incorrectly.
Idina and husband, Taye Diggs, married on January 11, 2003 in Jamaica
(at the same location where he filmed his breakout film How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
The term "Tidina" was coined in 1996 by hardcore Rent fans (aka RENT-heads) when referring to Taye and Idina as a couple
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Rocky Road
Worked as a wedding and Bar Mitzvah singer for 8 years, from the age of 16 to 24 [1987-1995], until she was cast in the Off-Broadway production of Rent
Idina is a perpetual pessimist.
Graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, New York [1989]
Received a BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts [1993]
Dreamgirls is Idina's favorite musical
The West Wing is her favorite TV show
Favorite book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Idina was named after her great grandmother, Ida, and her name is Hebrew for "gentle"
Barbra Streisand is one of her many idols
The Lady & the Tramp is her favorite Disney movie.
Has two adopted cats: a boy named Coltraine and a girl named Ella (after Ella Fitzgerald) - Idina calls them her "jazz cats"!
Idina and Taye adopted a dog, naming him Sammy Davis, a Yorkshire "Yorkie" Terrier - another "jazz" pet! [2005]
Idina was slated to star in a TV pilot for FOX called "Bev", however she left the production before it could get made. She would have played the title character, who is a young woman making a new life for herself while raising 3 children from 3 different husbands.
Height: 5'5"
Idina is left-handed
She wears size 8.5 (US) shoes and has 40+ pairs
Idina and her Rent co-star, Adam Pascal, attended the same High School and even had the same orthodontist!
Broke a rib on her left side by falling through a trap door during one of her last performances of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway [January 8, 2005]
Father, Stuart Mentzel, sells pajamas for a living; Mother, Helene Mentzel, is a psychologist
Parents got a divorce when Idina was 15 years old
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