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.
Jonathan Bailey Confirms ‘Wicked’ Role, Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo React
etcanada.comThe upcoming “Wicked” film adaptation has found its Fiyero. Director Jon M. Chu confirmed Jonathan Bailey was set to play the character on Thursday, posting in response to a Variety article: “He’s perfect, they’re perfect.
They’d be perfect together. Born to be forever…. “I am too excited to pretend this hasn’t been happening. We have a Fiyero!!!! #JonathanBailey #Wicked,” he added, quoting Fiyero’s song “Dancing Through Life”. READ MORE: Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Embrace In ‘Wicked’ Behind-The-Scenes Footage Stars of the movie Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, who are playing Glinda and Elphaba, were quick to respond to the exciting news.
Grande gushed on her Instagram Story, “Oh what a celebration we’ll have today,” quoting one of her lines in the song “Thank Goodness”. “we are so excited for you to join us over here in Oz @jaybayleaf,” the singer added, according to Just Jared. READ MORE: Maren Morris ‘In Tears’ Over Callback For ‘Wicked’ After Submitting Self-Tape Audition Bailey said while sharing multiple articles, “Shiz got real.” He also posted: Erivo shared, with Bailey re-posting it: Chu previously announced that “Wicked” would actually be split into two parts for release in 2024 and 2025.
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