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.
First Look At Tom Hanks as Geppetto In Disney+’s ‘Pinocchio’ Live-Action Remake
etcanada.comGet a sneak peek of Tom Hanks in the upcoming “Pinocchio” from Disney. The company released a first look at the actor in the role of the puppeteer Geppetto for its live-action remake.
Hanks used heavy prosthetics and hair attachments to get the aged look of the old woodcarver. The photo shows Geppetto bending over to look at his new puppet Pinocchio, who appears to be made of actual wood in this still, even wearing his iconic yellow hat and outfit.
Hanks looks nearly unrecognizable in the impressive transformation. READ MORE: Josh Gad Thinks Disney ‘Didn’t Go Far Enough’ In Depicting His ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Character As Gay The upcoming film is a remake of Disney’s 1940 animated “Pinocchio” which is based on Italian author Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio.
The children’s novel follows the adventures of a wooden puppet in his journey to become a real boy. The cast includes Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in the voice of Pinocchio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Pinocchio’s guide Jiminy Cricket, Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy, Keegan-Michael Key as “Honest” John, Oscar nominee Lorraine Bracco as the new character, Sofia the Seagull, and Luke Evans as The Coachman.
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