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.
Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel To Host ‘Wicked In Concert’ PBS Special; Full Cast Announced
deadline.comPBS’s Wicked in Concert special next month will be co-hosted by the musical’s original Broadway stars Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, with performances by Mario Cantone, Gavin Creel, Ariana DeBose, Cynthia Erivo, Stephanie Hsu, Rita Moreno, Jennifer Nettles, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell, Amber Riley, Gabrielle Ruiz and Ali Stroker.The starry line-up was announced today by Nouveau Productions Executive Producer Robert Pullen.
As previously announced, the concert special will air on Sunday, August 29 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.The concert, directed by Baayork Lee, is designed as a celebration of the return of Broadway following the 16-month Covid pandemic shutdown.
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