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 Shares Another Glimpse of Herself as Glinda in 'Wicked' Movie
justjared.comAriana Grande is ready to bring Glinda to life! The 30-year-old “yes, and?” singer shared a new glimpse of the character from the highly anticipated live-action Wicked adaptation on her Instagram on Thursday (January 25). “like a handprint on my heart,” she captioned the post, referring to a line from “For Good,” which is a Glinda duet with Elphaba (played in the movie by Cynthia Erivo). Keep reading to find out more… In her Instagram Story, she also reacted to director Jon M.
Chu‘s post about the movie. Will never forget my year with our Galinda. Can’t wait for you to meet her. Thank you @arianagrande for pouring your heart into Oz. #Wicked @wickedmovie #Nov27,” he wrote. “i will never forget even a minute of my year(s) with her either, or you.
or my Cyn. permanently and preferably intertwined. i am so inexplicably thankful that we got to add so many soggy eyelashes to the collection @jonmchu.
there aren’t words quite yet. but. thank you, Jon, for leading the way with such compassion, openness, brilliance and kindness.
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