Annabeth Schott, played by Kristin Chenoweth, is a fictional character on the political drama The West Wing. She joined the Bartlet administration in Season 6 as the Deputy Press Secretary for Media Relations following the promotion of C.J. Cregg to White House Chief of Staff. Originally she had applied for a different position after working on and reportedly "discovering" political talk show host Taylor Reid. It was Taylor Reid in an earlier epi...
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Annabeth Schott, played by Kristin Chenoweth, is a fictional character on the political drama The West Wing. She joined the Bartlet administration in Season 6 as the Deputy Press Secretary for Media Relations following the promotion of C.J. Cregg to White House Chief of Staff. Originally she had applied for a different position after working on and reportedly "discovering" political talk show host Taylor Reid. It was Taylor Reid in an earlier episode who baited C.J. Cregg by naming her as his "chicken of the week" for continually refusing to appear on his show to debate current White House issues. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Art History.
As Deputy Press Secretary, Annabeth was often called upon to brief the press, particularly as Toby Ziegler, who had been filling in for C.J., was often occupied by his duties as Communications Director. Although able to talk to reporters effectively outside of the realm of press briefings, Annabeth found herself frightened to be in the formal...
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