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.
2023 BAFTA Awards will pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 on Sept. 8, 2022. The special segment will be led by Dame Helen Mirren, who previously won a BAFTA for her portrayal of the late royal in the 2006 biopic, «The Queen occupies a unique place in BAFTA's history, a close association that spanned 50 years.
Through her various patronages, The Queen was renowned for her support of the UK’s creative industries,» the British Academy said in a statement.The segment will be presented in front of Prince William, who serves as the President of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Kate Middleton, who are expected to attend Sunday's ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
The two are slated to watch the awards before meeting the category winners and EE Rising Star nominees. This will mark the royal couple's first in-person appearance at the BAFTAs since 2020.
News of the tribute was revealed on Tuesday as the BAFTAs announced the full slate of attending nominees and presenters, which includes Ariana DeBose, Brian Cox, Catherine-Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Erivo, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lily James, Regé Jean Page, Sir Patrick Stewart, Sophie Turner, Taron Egerton and more. «It is an absolute pleasure to welcome so many nominees and film industry guests to the EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday,» said Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA.
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