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 seemingly slams relationship haters in new song ‘Yes, And?’: ‘Doing all this for Ethan Slater is embarrassing’
nypost.comdropped her first song since 2021 titled “Yes, and?” on Friday.In the song, the lyrics seemingly slam the trolls who rolled their eyes at her relationship with the “SpongeBob Musical” actor, 31.The lines croon: “Say that s – – t with your chest, keep moving like ‘What’s next?’ ‘Yes, and?’”“Your business is yours, and mine is mine,” the lyrics continue. “Why do you care so much whose d – – k I ride?”Social media users took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to chime in on the piping hot tea.“Doing all this for Ethan Slater is embarrassing,” someone wrote alongside a clip of the tune.Another joked: “Ariana Grande casually dropping ‘yes, and?’ and [addressing] the Ethan Slater situation like it’s no big deal he is Spongebob.”“She doesn’t give a phuck about those home wrecker allegations lmao love it for her,” one added.Slater and Grande began dating last year after they met on set of the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked.”The “Side to Side” crooner split from her husband of two years, Dalton Gomez, in July 2023.
The Broadway actor divorced his wife, Lilly Jay, around the same time.Another X user agreed, saying: “Embarrassing even for her standards.”Grande dropped her last studio album, “positions,” in 2020 and was featured on other songs since 2021, including The Weeknd’s tracks “Save Your Tears” and “Die For You.”The “Dangerous Woman” singer will be playing Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked,” while Slater will be portraying a Munchkin named Boq.Portion one of the two-part musical flick will fly into theaters on Nov.
27, and also stars Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Goldblum.Last month, the Nickelodeon alum criticized people who have “misunderstood” and made “assumptions” about her following her divorce.“i have.
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