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.
Kardashian-Jenner Family Gets At-Home Advanced Screening of 'Wicked' Movie with Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo in Attendance
justjared.comThe Kardashian-Jenner family are among the first people in the world to see the Wicked movie before it hits theaters on November 22.
The movie’s stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo showed up at Kim Kardashian‘s house to host a screening for the whole family on Tuesday (October 22) in Los Angeles.
In attendance were Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie, and Kris along with many of their kids, including North West, Penelope Disick, Stormi Webster, True Thompson, and more. Ariana brought her brother-in-law Hale with her! Kim raved about the movie, saying, “We laughed, we cried (a few times) and we loved it so much!
Thank you Ariana and Cynthia for watching Wicked with us tonight. The most magical pajama party.” The house was decked out in Wicked-themed decorations and all of the Wicked merchandise was there for the kids to take home. Head inside to see more photos from the pajama party evening… Keep scrolling for more photos or browse through the gallery…
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