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 On Bringing Her First Solo Album To Fruition: ‘It’s All Very Much In My Hands’
etcanada.comCynthia Erivo’s debut solo album, Ch. 1 Vs. 1, was a long time coming. While the record is finally out on shelves and streaming services, the Oscar-nominee, 34, chatted with Fashion magazine for their November issue and opened up about what inspired the new project. “Music was a huge part of my childhood,” she said. “My mom would play music in the house every weekend when she was tidying up, whenever she cooked and when we’d go to school.” RELATED: Cynthia Erivo Teases Upcoming Role As The Blue Fairy In ‘Pinocchio’ Erivo says she listened to Annie Lennox, Boney M., Diana Ross and Lauryn Hill growing up: “I was listening to everything.” Now, Erivo hopes she can inspire others with her own music, “If one person hears this and realizes that
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