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.
Cynthia Erivo, Andra Day and More Standout Performances From 'A GRAMMY Salute to the Sounds of Change' Special
etonline.comCommon hosted which put a spotlight on unforgettable songs that catalyzed social change, both reflecting and shaping their times.
During the telecast, Billy Porter sat down with Gayle King to talk about the barriers he's overcome to find his truest voice.
But first, Cynthia Erivo kicked off the celebration by singing John Lennon's classic «Imagine.» Dressed in a head-to-toe pearl netted dress with a head wrap, she elegantly belted the song as images of Black Lives Matter demonstrations and protesters in the wake of George Floyd's death were shown on the screen behind her.
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