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.
Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Bring the Glamour to Met Gala 2024
justjared.comAriana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are bringing Wicked to the 2024 Met Gala!
The co-stars posed for photos together while arriving at fashion’s biggest event of the year on Monday (May 6) held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
For the event, Ariana, 30, looked ethereal in a white dress with butterfly wings on eyes while Cynthia, 37, rocked a black bedazzled and pink floral cropped tuxedo coat paired with a matching skirt.
Fellow Wicked cast member Jeff Goldblum was also in attendance along with Cynthia’s longtime partner Lena Waithe.
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