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.
Golden Globe Nominations: ‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ Lead in Film Categories (Complete List)
thewrap.comstarted rolling out –sweeping changes. But as part of the backlash to the group’s uncovered lack of diversity, the 2022 Golden Globe Awards are not being carried by NBC.See the full list of nominees below.Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy“The Great”“Hacks”“Only Murders in the Building”“Reservation Dogs”“Ted Lasso”Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – DramaBrian Cox, “Succession”Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”Billy Porter, “Pose”Jeremy Strong, “Succession”Omar Sy, “Lupin”Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionJessica Chastain, “Scenes From a Marriage”Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision”Margaret Qualley, “Maid”Kate Winslet, “Mare of.
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