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 is getting support from her co-stars following the news of her split from husband Dalton Gomez.The actress was spotted shopping on London's Bond Street on Tuesday with Cynthia Erivo, who plays the Elphaba to Grande's Glinda in the upcoming adaptation of the Tony-winning musical.This follows Grande's day at Wimbledon over the weekend with star Jonathan Bailey, who plays Fiyero, the third part of the central love triangle in the prequel story.Director Jon M.
Chu shared an update on on Wednesday, amid rumors that Grande had wrapped production on the film.«Not done yet,» the director shared on social media. «Just paused until the strike is over and we can finish the last pieces of the movie.
We were only a few days away from being done so we were SO close. It’s been very painful to put a halt to it all but we will be back!
And we will finish properly strong when the time is right.»«My heart goes out to our cast and crew who were cut short of what we came here to complete together,» he continued. «More to come but in the meantime I’m excited to excavate what we have shot for the past year here in Oz (release date shouldn’t be affected).
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