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 'Wicked' Movie Changes Release Date, Reason Why Explained
justjared.comThe first Wicked movie has changed release dates. It’s good news for fans of the Broadway musical as the film will now hit theaters several weeks earlier than planned. Keep reading to find out more… Originally, Wicked was scheduled to be released on Christmas Day, 2024.
However, the first film in the planned two-part movie will now be released on November 27, 2024. The reason why the film’s release date was changed?
Currently, Thanksgiving weekend 2024 only has one film slated to be released at that time (an unnamed Disney film). Christmas 2024, however, has a lot more competition with the third Avatar movie and Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
Avatar 2 is currently the third-highest grossing movie in history. Variety reports that “the studio felt it would be better positioned around Thanksgiving compared to Christmas.” The film is set to star Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba with Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey taking on the leading love interest Fiyero and Broadway actor Ethan Slater playing Boq.
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