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 Globes Presenters: Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo, Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger & More
deadline.comIt’s T-minus 11 days before 2021’s first major awards show, and the Golden Globes is staffing up on presenters. Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo and Renée Zellweger make up the first batch of folks who will hand out the hardware on February 28.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC made the joint announcement today.Golden Globes Movie Analysis: Diversity In Short Supply Except For Women, Streamer Domination, Inexplicable Unexplainable Love For Sia’s ‘Music’Phoenix (Joker) and Zellweger (Judy) picked up last year’s respective Globes for Best Actor and Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, while Akwafina (The Farewell) won Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy.
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