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.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Share Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'Wicked' Movie Rehearsals
etonline.comAriana Grande gave her followers a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the movie. On Monday, the “Positions” singer shared a series of pictures and videos from the set.
Simply captioning the photo carousel with the bubble emoji, Grande led the post with a picture of her and Cynthia Erivo inside a dance studio.
Grande’s post also included her feet by a welcome mat that read, “The Witch Is In,” a picture of her smiling with co-star Will Loftis, a video of music director, Stephen Oremus walking into a room, and a picture of a set of feet, one with a pink ballet slipper and one with a black ballet slipper over a green sock.
The «Thank U, Next» singer also included pictures of her and her husband, Dalton Gomez, and a couple of her signature selfies.
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