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.
Matthew McConaughey To Voice Starry ‘Hank The Cowdog’ Podcast Written & Directed By Jeff Nichols
deadline.comAndreas Wiseman International EditorMatthew McConaughey has been set to voice the podcast adaptation of John R. Erickson’s Hank The Cowdog children’s books.From Tri-State Pictures, HTC Productions and QCode, the series is written, directed and executive-produced by Jeff Nichols (Loving) and stars McConaughey – who is also an exec – as Hank.
Nichols and the actor collaborated memorably on 2012 film Mud.Supporting cast includes Jesse Plemons, Cynthia Erivo, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Jordan, Joel Edgerton, Scoot McNairy and John R.
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