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.
Danielle Brooks Shares How Jennifer Hudson Had a Part in Her Portrayal of Mahalia Jackson (Exclusive)
etonline.comDanielle Brooks is getting a lot of love and praise for her portrayal of gospel songstress Mahalia Jackson in an upcoming biopic about the singer's life.
As it turns out the world might have Jennifer Hudson to thank, in part, for inspiring her.ET's Nischelle Turner recently spoke to Brooks, as well as executive producer Robin Roberts, who opened up about the upcoming Lifetime movie about the legendary performer«So I did e in 2015 with Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson, and Jennifer and I became good friends over that time,» Brooks recalled of the Broadway revival of the famous stage play.
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