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 Continues to Tease New Music, Responds to Requests for Song Snippets
justjared.comAriana Grande is continuing to tease fans with the promise of new music. It’s been three long years since the 30-year-old hitmaker dropped her last album Positions.
However, it looks like the wait is almost over. She’s been sharing content from inside the recording studio, signed with a new manager and was even spotted on the set of a new project that is seemingly related to a forthcoming album.
On Friday (December 22), Ariana had even more to say about the status of new music. Read more about Ariana Grande’s plans for new music… Taking to her Instagram story, Ariana reacted to the news that she had surpassed 90 million monthly listeners on Spotify. “Thank you,” she wrote to her fans. “I love you so much you can’t possibly imagine … and i can’t wait for you to have more to hear!” Ariana took to the comments section on social media to respond to requests for snippets and samples of what she’s been working on.
Sadly, fans won’t get to hear anything until it arrives in full. “One tiny thing though,” she wrote, explaining, “no snippets this time :)” We’ll let you know as soon as we learn more.
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