Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter.
She is known for her performance as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, the latter two she shared with the rest of the cast.
Erivo ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. In 2019, she portrayed abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, for which she earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
‘AGT’: Cristina Rae Dazzles Performing Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Jump’
etcanada.comCristina Rae has had some amazing moments on this season of “America’s Got Talent”, including her fiery a capella performance of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” to her haunting quarterfinals’ cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.
Now that “AGT” is into the semifinals, Rae — whose “Gimme Shelter” earned judge Heidi Klum’s “Golden Buzzer” — brought her A-game on Tuesday night, taking to the stage to perform a powerful and emotional rendition of Cynthia Erivo’s “Jump”.
Klum was understandably thrilled by the performance, demonstrating that her Golden Buzzer pick is the real deal. RELATED: Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer Act Cristina Rae Has The ‘AGT’ Judges On Their Feet With Another Incredible Performance Her fellow judge Howie Mandel did not
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