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 & Cynthia Erivo Are Enemies Turned Besties In The Mesmerizing Wicked Trailer! WATCH!
perezhilton.comThe new trailer for Wicked has arrived! And it’s spectacular! On Wednesday, Universal Pictures dropped the main trailer for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s upcoming musical blockbuster, and you’d better strap in!
Or else you might fall off the broomstick! Related: North West Landed A BIG Disney Role! We got everything from Glinda and Elphaba’s first meeting, to their crusade to the Emerald City to meet “Oz, the Great and Terrible.” Ooh, eerie!!
And with all the heartbreaking moments culminating in the Wicked Witch of the West’s origin story, it looks like we’re truly in for something special!
Watch (below): Yes, that was Ariana floating around in Glinda’s iconic bubble! And how about those flying monkeys?! Will YOU be watching when it releases in theaters in November, Perezicous readers?
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