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.
Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan & Jamie Lee Curtis Return for Oscars 2024 After Winning The Year Before
justjared.comThe stars of Everything Everywhere All At Once returned to the Oscars just one year after winning big in 2023! Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis all hit the red carpet in style while arriving at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The actors are all taking the stage during the ceremony to help present the acting categories and give out the award for which they won the year before. Ke Huy was joined at the event by his wife Echo, and two posed for some fun photos on the carpet.
He even posed with a giant Oscars statue! In case you missed it, Michelle‘s Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo walked the red carpet separately.
They’re also set to present together. By the way, there are several celebrities and Hollywood figures who’ve been BANNED from the Oscars and we gathered up the list of who and why.
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