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.
Sky Studios Launches Content Academy & Supports ‘Wicked’; ‘Great British’ Dig Producer Strawberry Blond Staffs Up – Global Briefs
deadline.comSky Studios Launches Content Academy To Support ‘Wicked’ Sky Studios has launched a training program to help students and graduates break into the world of high-end TV and film.
The Sky Content Academy has seen twelve people, 75% of whom are based in the surrounding Elstree area, take on year-long paid roles supporting Wicked, the Cynthia Erivo-starring adaptation of the hit play, which comes from Sky Studios sister company Universal Production Services.
Students are working in areas such as lighting and rigging. “We are seeing huge global demand for studio space, and with that there is a vital need for talent to fill the ever-growing job market,” said Noel Tovey, MD of Sky Studios Elstree. “We couldn’t be more excited to have our first Content Academy team in place, but this is just the start for us as we look towards becoming a training ground for young, local people.” ‘Great British’ Dig Producer Strawberry Blond Staffs Up Great British Dig producer Strawberry Blond has expanded, bringing in a Commercial Consultant and Head of Production and promoting Tom Benson-Geddes to Creative Director.
Strawberry Blond, which is run by Steve Wynne, said it produced five new series last year, delivering more than 100 episodes including of Channel 4 format Great British Dig and BBC One’s The Live Lounge Show.
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