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.
Former WME Agent Brittany Myers Adams Joins Artists First
hollywoodreporter.comBrittany Myers Adams has joined Artists First as a brand manager. In her new role, Adams is charged with building a new branding division for the firm while exclusively representing clients in the branding and endorsement space.To Artists First, she brings clients including Lena Waithe, Dan Levy, Cynthia Erivo and Kevin Smith.
Adams previously worked for WME where she was an agent in the commercial department for eight years. During her tenure, she focused on comedy and music clients, working with talent includingAmy Schumer, Lizzo, The Weeknd, Catherine Reitman, Nicole Byer, Jimmy O.
Yang, Roy Wood Jr., Jermaine Fowler, Wiz Khalifa, Macklemore, Roddy Ricch, Nas, Hasan Minhaj and many others. Of the move, Myers says, “I’m thrilled to be.
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