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 Says Her ‘Sisterhood’ Bond With Ariana Grande Is ‘Delightful’ Ahead Of ‘Wicked’ Filming
etcanada.comCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are busy building their friendship. The two were announced as the stars of the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked” back in November.
Erivo is set to play Elphaba and Grande will play Glinda. READ MORE: Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Land Leads In ‘Wicked’ Movie, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth Respond During the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet Sunday night, Erivo said she is “very excited” about the project. “Before I even went to do the audition I knew that music like the back of my hand.
I was doing it at drama school and sneaking up to the piano room and just learning it all,” she told E!‘s Laverne Cox. “So I think it’s about learning the music, learning the story, finding our sort of way through it.” READ MORE: Ariana Grande And Husband Dalton Gomez Kiss In Rare PDA Post The SAG Award nominee noted that she’s spent a lot of time getting to know Grande, her costar. “Ariana and I have been meeting and chatting and talking and building our own relationship because we know that it’s a sisterhood and we want to be ready and prepared to be there for one another,” Erivo said. “So it’s that, and [director] Jon [M.
Chu] is amazing so we’re just sort of waiting to start. We’re ready to rehearse and get into it.” READ MORE: First Look At Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo & More In Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Anthology Series ‘Roar’ When it comes to her bond with Grande, the “Genius: Aretha” star said, “It’s the most delightful thing ever.
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