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.
Rachel Zegler, Ben Platt, & Cynthia Erivo to Honor Stephen Sondheim at Grammys 2022
justjared.comThe 2022 Grammys will be paying tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim. On Wednesday (March 23), it was reported that Rachel Zegler, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Leslie Odom Jr. will be honoring the late Broadway composer with a performance during the upcoming awards show. Click inside to read more… The salute to Stephen will be be part of the Grammys‘ traditional In Memoriam segment, rather than a separate moment during the telecast, Variety reports.
The Grammys have not yet officially announced Rachel, Ben, Cynthia, and Leslie‘s performance. Stephen died at the age of 91 back in November 2021.
He is best known for his work for West Side Story, Gypsy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company and A Little Night Music, among many other Broadway musical works.
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