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.
Fans Speculate That an Original 'Wicked' Actor Makes a Cameo in New Movie - Find Out Why!
justjared.comFans are speculating that one of the original stars of Wicked will appear in the new movie version, which flies into theaters later this year.
The first part of the musical movie, which stars Cynthia Erivo and Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, premieres on November 22.
A new featurette premiered this week, and fans are convinced that they spotted one of the musical’s biggest stars in the background of a scene. Keep reading to find out more… The star in question is Kristin Chenoweth, who played Glinda in the very first stage adaptation of the story!
In the photo above, fans think that they spotted Kristin‘s signature blond hair standing directly behind Ariana.
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