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.
Oscars viewing party.The British crooner, 74, pivoted Sunday night and hosted a virtual soiree that raised $3 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.The first-ever virtual gala — hosted by John, his husband, David Furnish, and their pal Neil Patrick Harris — featured performances by Dua Lipa and the “Crocodile Rock” crooner as well as appearances by Lady Gaga, Cynthia Erivo and the cast of “It’s a Sin.”Lipa, 25, performed her hits “Levitating,” “Pretty Please,” “Hallucinate” and “Don’t Start Now” and also duetted on “Bennie and the Jets” and “Love Again” with John.“It was so much fun to perform with the gorgeous Dua Lipa and open up our Party to supporters all over the world,” John said in a statement. “I’m so grateful to Neil for.
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