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 Puts a Beautiful Spin on 'Summertime' for a July 4th Special (Video)
justjared.comCynthia Erivo gave an incredible performance for a Fourth of July performance! The 33-year-old Oscar-nominated actress performed a cover of the song “Summertime” from the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess.
The show was most recently on Broadway in 2012 with Audra McDonald as Bess. Cynthia‘s performance was part of her appearance at the 2020 Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert at The Met Philadelphia.
Earlier in the weekend, Cynthia took to Instagram to celebrate another show… Hamilton. The full musical is now streaming on Disney+! Cynthia wrote, “It moves me to see everyone giving Hamilton its flowers.
Let’s be clear, it’s more than just a great musical. Its brilliance comes from every single brilliant person involved. From the beautiful
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