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.
enjoy actual exotic dancing, check out the 2015 sequel “Magic Mike XXL” starring Channing Tatum and fellow eye/guy candy Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Joe Manganiello and Adam Rodriguez.
The movie makes its way to Netflix on March. 1. Male dancers not your thing? Christina Aguilera’s “Burlesque” also is available the first of the month.Haunted by an unsolved murder, brilliant but disgraced London police detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer.
Idris Elba reprises his role as the title character, with Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis also starring in this gritty drama. “Luther: The Fallen Son” drops March 8.Vin Diesel cemented his action superstar status in the aughts playing Richard Riddick, a dangerous criminal who wears goggles to protect his light-sensitive eyes. “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser plays William Johns, a law enforcement officer tasked with tracking him down.
All three films in the franchise — “Pitch Black” (2000), “The Chronicles of Riddick” (2004) and “Riddick” (2013) are ready to stream on March 16.A determined boy accepts a king’s challenge to perform three impossible tasks in exchange for a magical elephant — and the chance to chase his destiny.
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