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.
Julia Roberts, one of the most enduring stars of this era, will receive the Academy Museum Gala Icon Award at the second annual Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Gala October 15, 2022.
She joins the previously announced honorees Miky Lee, Steve McQueen, and Tilda Swinton.The Museum has also announced its Host Committee which includes Ariana DeBose, Awkwafina, Colman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Eddie Redmayne, Eiza González, Gwyneth Paltrow,Jennifer Garner, Jonathan Majors, Judd Apatow & Leslie Mann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Letitia Wright, Regina Hall, Ruth Negga, and Selma Blair.The awards presented at the Gala will include:“Over the course of her expansive and renowned career, Julia has embodied iconic characters and memorable roles,” said Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum. “We are thrilled to be honoring her continued excellence in the industry and contribution to the arts.
We are deeply grateful to Julia, Miky, Steve, and Tilda, to Rolex, and to our co-chairs and host committee for making our second annual Gala an evening to remember.”Roberts was most recently seen as Martha Mitchell in the Starz Limited Series, Gaslit, and will be seen this Fall opposite George Clooney in Universal’s comedy Ticket To Paradise.The Host Committee additionally includes Adrien Brody, Amanda Seyfried & Thomas Sadoski, Billie Lourd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chloë Sevigny, Darren Criss, Elle Fanning, Emma Roberts, George C.
Wolfe, Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jessica Alba, Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Keke Palmer, Kid Cudi, Kirsten Dunst, Lily Collins, Lucy Liu, Natasha Lyonne, Orlando Bloom, Robert Duvall, Ron Howard.
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