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.
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glamour.comto the red carpet by dressing exactly like their characters, Glinda and Elphaba.For her part, in a . The body of the dress is strapless and extremely figure-hugging, and is adorned with a voluminous train and two enormously puffed sleeves for which the word “generous” is a serious understatement.
She kept the girly vibes going with a pink jewel pendant necklace and matching earrings and a curly blonde ponytail.Erivo, meanwhile, didn't go so far as actually painting her skin green, but she definitely did the Emerald City justice in Louis Vuitton.
The Broadway legend's leather frock perfectly skimmed her curves and featured a daringly low-cut sweetheart neckline showing off her heart tattoos.
The dress was given an extra dose of oomph with her cape-like puffed sleeves and ruffled train. In lieu of a necklace, Erivo opted to go extra hard on the diamond cocktail rings, emerald bangles, and statement earrings.
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