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 To Star In ‘Talent Show’ For Universal
deadline.comAmanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerOscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is set to star in Universal Pictures drama Talent Show, which is being directed by Gandja Monteiro (Vida, The Chi).
Emmy winner Lena Waithe penned the latest version of the script from earlier version by Aimee Lagos. George Tillman Jr. and Robert Teitel are producing under their State Street Pictures label.Based on an idea from Step Up franchise, Save the Last Dance scribe Duane Adler, the plot follow a failed songwriter who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at risk youth in their annual talent show.Waithe will serve as executive producer alongside State Street’s Jay Marcus.
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