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 shares her experience working with Ariana Grande: ‘I’m excited for both of us’
us.hola.comCynthia Erivo is booked and busy! The Hollywood star has many projects in line, including the film adaptation of the fan-favorite musical ‘Wicked,’ acting alongside Ariana Grande, recently giving an update on the project.The actress is talking about her experience on the set of the film, portraying Elphaba, while the iconic singer is playing Glinda.
Cynthia took a moment to praise Ariana, giving an insight of what it’s like to work with her.“I love her, truly,” the actress said. “She is funny and unbelievably talented and unbelievably sweet and truly working hard.
We’re both working really hard together. I’m excited for both of us.”It seems the two stars are getting along just fine, and fans are excited to see their chemistry on the big screen.
Cynthia also talked about her portrayal of the Blue Fairy in ‘Pinocchio,’ in which she will sing the popular song ‘When You Wish Upon a Star.’“She’s a fairy in the fullest way,” she said. “You don’t get to do that kind of thing very often, so to be able to play her and look like that was really just special.
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