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.
Does ‘Wicked’ Officially Have More Merch Than ‘Barbie?’ Here Are the Olive Green Collabs Actually Worth Buying
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If Barbie pink was the color of summer 2023 and slime green the shade of 2024’s Brat Summer, then it only makes sense that Wicked Green usher in fall 2024.
The dark olive green, Elphaba’s skin color in the beloved musical, is splashed atop everything from sweatpants and nail polish to shoulder bags and sunglasses ahead of the star-studded adaptation.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the long-awaited film adaptation, set to release next month.
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