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.
Jake Gyllenhaal & Rami Malek Enjoy a Dinner Together in Venice
justjared.comJake Gyllenhaal and Rami Malek are grabbing a meal together. The 40-year-old Brokeback Mountain star and the 40-year-old Bohemian Rhapsody actor were seen enjoying dinner together at the trendy spot Da Ivo on Thursday (September 2) in Venice, Italy. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jake Gyllenhaal Click inside to read more… The two were also seen happily posing with the kitchen staff at the restaurant.
If you didn’t know, the stars arrived in town alongside many other celebrities ahead of the 2021 Venice Film Festival.
Jury members this year include Bong Joon-ho, Cynthia Erivo and Sarah Gadon. Jake Gyllenhaal wasn’t expecting to run into one of his movie characters while out in Venice, Italy this week, but he did! “Ran into an old
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