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 Seen Filming 'Wicked' in Costume as Glinda (With 1 Change From the Broadway Production!)
justjared.comAriana Grande is in full Glinda The Good Witch mode! The 29-year-old superstar was pictured in her full costume for the first time while filming on the set of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked on Monday (April 17).
Eyewitnesses tell Daily Mail she was seen filming “No One Mourns the Wicked,” performed by her character Glinda and her fellow Ozians.
Check out the photos here. Keep reading to find out more… It appears they have changed Glinda’s iconic blue gown from the Broadway musical to a pink one.
In the Broadway show, the only time she actually wears pink is for the “Dancing Through Life” and “Popular” scenes. The photos come just after the first official stills of the movie were released, featuring Cynthia Erivo.
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