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.
Patton Oswalt To Host Sundance Awards Ceremony Featuring Diego Luna, Alison Brie, Cynthia Erivo
etcanada.comThe 2021 Sundance Film Festival will be mostly virtual this year, including the festival’s annual awards ceremony. This year, Patton Oswalt will host the honours in a digital ceremony on Feb.
4. The event will feature appearances by Diego Luna, Alison Brie, “Unorthodox” star Shira Haas, as well as members of the festival jury including Cynthia Erivo and filmmakers Julie Dash and Joshua Oppenheimer.
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Virtual panels featuring filmmakers and stars in festival films include Questlove, Rebecca Hall, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Ed Helms and
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