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.
Jeff Goldblum Confirms His Role in 'Wicked,' Talks Filming With Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo
justjared.comJeff Goldblum is officially headed to Oz! The 70-year-old actor was rumored to be joining the movie adaptation of Wicked alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and he confirmed that the casting rumors were true during a new interview.
He is believed to be playing the Wizard! He also hinted at what it was like working with the two stars who will embody Elphaba and Glinda. Read more about Jeff Goldblum’s Wicked news… While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jeff revealed that he’d already been to set to film for the movies. “I was just on the set of Wicked.
I’m not supposed to talk about that. But it’s been out and about,” he told host Jimmy Kimmel. “You should see our witches – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – very good,” he continued before noting that he was once afraid of Wizard of Oz, the movie that inspired Wicked.
He also shared an anecdote about a childhood dream, which he told Cynthia while they were working together. “I was shooting one day, and I found myself tearing up in fear.
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