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.
David Harewood Succeeds Kenneth Branagh As President Of British Drama School RADA; Cynthia Erivo Named Vice President
deadline.comDavid Harewood is the new President of famed British acting school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). The Sherwood, Supergirl and Homeland actor, who has extensive theater experience in productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry IV, will succeed Kenneth Branagh in the role at the David Harewood is the new President of famed British acting school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Harewood is a former RADA student, and has acted in Arthur’s Whiskey, Blood Diamond and The Merchant of Venice among other films.
Grammy and Emmy winner Cynthia Erivo, star of Universal’s upcoming musical Wicked, has been named Vice President. Her latest film, Anthony Chen’s Drift, had its world premiere at Sundance last month.
Erivo has a first-look deal with MRC Television & Civic Center Media through her production company, Edith’s Daughter. Both Harewood and Erivo assume their roles immediately.
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