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.
Fierce fashion! Hollywood’s biggest names stepped out in their best and boldest looks to celebrate the 2022 BET Awards.Musicians, actors and influencers delivered glitz, glamour and drama at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 26, ahead of the show, which was hosted by Taraji P.
Henson.Lizzo wowed in a sparkly navy blue Gucci dress that featured a high slit and feathers at the sleeves and hem.
The “Truth Hurts” singer, 34, had her hair styled in finger waves and wore smokey eye makeup. She finalized the look with platform heels. Chloe Bailey also sparkled, wearing a black sequin, one-shoulder gown by Nicolas Jebran.
Her sister, Halle Bailey, followed suit in a daring cutout look from Mônot.Ari Lennox wowed in this season’s hottest trend: the naked dress.
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