Kristen Anderson-Lopez
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 American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film Frozen and its 2019 sequel Frozen 2 with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go" from Frozen and "Remember Me" from Coco (2017) at the 86th and 90th awards respectively.
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- Name
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Birth Name
- Kristen Anderson
- Born
- 21 March 1972
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Songwriter
- Education
- Williams College (BA)
- Awards
- 2014: Academy Award for Best Original Song 2015: Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Full name
- Kristen Jane Anderson.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- music.
- Honours
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- Languages
- English.
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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 American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film Frozen and its 2019 sequel Frozen 2 with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go" from Frozen and "Remember Me" from Coco (2017) at the 86th and 90th awards respectively.
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Biography
She also won two Grammy Awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and she is signed to Disney Music Publishing.
Kristen Anderson-Lopez studied at Williams College and Charlotte Country Day School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is music. Distinctions recorded are Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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Lyricists and composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez promoting the 2018 Tony Awards in May 2018.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kristen Anderson-Lopez • Birth Name — Kristen Anderson • Born — 21 March 1972 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Songwriter • Children — 2 • Education — Williams College (BA) • Awards — 2014: Academy Award for Best Original Song 2015: Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Personal life
Personal life
Anderson-Lopez was raised in Croton-on-Hudson, New York (a suburb of New York City), until 1986; the Myers Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1986 to 1990; and Waxhaw, North Carolina (a suburb of Charlotte), from 1990 onward (which was her home during her college years). Her parents, Erin and John, still live in Waxhaw. According to her father, Anderson-Lopez first fell in love with the theater at the age of four, when he took her to see a U.S. Bicentennial musical tribute staged in their then-hometown of Croton-on-Hudson. After her family moved to North Carolina, she attended and graduated from Charlotte Country Day School. She went on to Williams College in western Massachusetts, where she double-majored in drama and psychology and graduated in 1994. After a theater internship in Florida, Anderson-Lopez spent several years working temporary jobs while pursuing her dream of becoming a Broadway theatre performer in New York City. In 1999, she entered the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and found her true calling as a lyricist, and also met her future husband Robert Lopez. In October 2003, Anderson married Lopez, who would go on to become an EGOT-winning songwriter, composer and lyricist, including three Tony Awards for Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. They have two daughters; Katie and Annie, who both had voice parts in Frozen. Anderson-Lopez's sister, Kate Anderson, co-wrote the songs for Olaf's Frozen Adventure.
Stage productions
Stage productions
In 2006, Anderson-Lopez and her husband wrote the songs for the Walt Disney World production of Finding Nemo – The Musical. Anderson-Lopez is the co-creator of the musical In Transit, developed at the O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. The musical ran Off-Broadway at the 59E59 Theatre, from September 21, 2010, to October 30, 2010. The production received the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble, as well as a nomination for the 2011 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical (among others) and the 2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. It opened on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in November 2016, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. She co-created the romantic stage musical Up Here, which debuted in 2015, with her husband and Alex Timbers. Her work for young audiences includes numerous short and full-length musical adaptations for Theatreworks USA (Diary of a Worm, Fancy Nancy, Condensed Classics). Anderson-Lopez worked with her husband on the Disney Theatrical Productions stage musical adaptation of Frozen, with Jennifer Lee writing the book.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Kristen Anderson-Lopez was recorded at birth as Kristen Jane Anderson. The authorities additionally record the headings Kristen Anderson and Kristen Jane Anderson. Her recorded language was English. She married Robert Lopez. One child is recorded: Katie Lopez.
Identity
Identity
Kristen Anderson-Lopez is recorded as having received Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and Academy Award for Best Original Song. Recognition and collections. Anderson-Lopez received Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song and Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Kristen Anderson-Lopez born at New York City.
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Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People is dated 2012.
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For the First Time in Forever is dated 2013.
Film and television productions
Anderson-Lopez's first collaborations with her husband involved writing several songs together for children's televisions shows, such as Wonder Pets on Nick Jr. and Bear in the Big Blue House on the Disney Channel. Anderson-Lopez, along with her husband Robert Lopez and Henry Jackman, wrote and produced music for the 2011 Disney film Winnie the Pooh, for which they were nominated for an Annie Award for Best Music in a Feature Production. She also provided the voice of Kanga in the film. Her work with her husband writing songs for the 2013 Disney film Frozen, including "Let It Go", won her an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards and two Grammy Awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Anderson-Lopez and her husband also wrote the music for the sequel, Frozen II. Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez again collaborated in writing songs and lyrics for the 2017 Pixar film Coco, for which she won for an Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production. She also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Remember Me" at the 90th Academy Awards. Kristen Anderson-Lopez sings Elsa’s part in “I Seek the Truth”, an outtake song of the Frozen II soundtrack, along with Patti Murin singing Anna’s part. Murin had originated the role of Anna in the Broadway production of Frozen. Anderson-Lopez and her husband wrote and produced music for the 2021 series WandaVision, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series features multiple title theme songs based on various classic American sitcoms, as well as the song "Agatha All Along". In 2024, Anderson-Lopez and her husband returned to write multiple versions of "The Ballad of the Witches’ Road" for the WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along. Frozen III will have songs written by herself and Robert Lopez, and she is set to be voicing a new character. The third full-length instalment of the Frozen franchise is set to be released in November 2027.
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Academy Awards
Academy Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2013 — Best Original Song — "Let It Go" (from Frozen) • 2017 — "Remember Me" (from Coco) • 2019 — "Into the Unknown" (from Frozen 2)
Annie Awards
Annie Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2011 — Music in a Feature Production — Winnie the Pooh • 2013 — Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production — Frozen • 2017 — Coco • 2019 — Frozen 2
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2013 — Best Original Song — "Let It Go" (from Frozen) • 2017 — "Remember Me" (from Coco) • 2019 — "Into the Unknown" (from Frozen II)
Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards
• Primetime Emmy Awards • Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2015 — Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics — "Kiss an Old Man" (from The Comedians) (Episode: "Celebrity Guest") • "Moving Pictures" (from The Oscars) • 2021 — Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music — WandaVision • Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics — "Agatha All Along" (from WandaVision) (Episode: "Breaking the Fourth Wall") • 2025 — "The Ballad of the Witches' Road" (from Agatha All Along) (Episode: "Circle Sewn with Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate") • Children's and Family Emmy Awards • 2022 — Outstanding Short Form Program — We the People
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2013 — Best Original Song — "Let It Go" (from Frozen) • 2017 — "Remember Me" (from Coco) • 2019 — "Into the Unknown" (from Frozen 2)
Grammy Awards
Grammy Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2014 — Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media — Frozen • Best Song Written for Visual Media — "Let It Go" (from Frozen) • 2018 — "Remember Me" (from Coco) • 2020 — Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media — Frozen 2 • Best Song Written for Visual Media — "Into the Unknown" (from Frozen 2) • 2021 — "Agatha All Along" (from WandaVision)
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
• Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. • 2018 — Best Original Score — Frozen
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Frozen, book by Jennifer Lee, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, directed by Michael Grandage, Studies in Musical Theatre, 2018Crossref registry
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