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.
Tony Award Nominations: Jessica Chastain, Sean Hayes, Corey Hawkins Among Nominees
deadline.comREFRESH FOR UDPATES: The nominations for the 76th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on CBS Mornings today by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and MJ‘s Tony Award winner Myles Frost.
The complete list of nominations will be posted here at 9:10 a.m. ET./6 a.m. PT. The nominations announced so far: Best PlayAin’t No Mo’Author: Jordan E.
CooperProducers: Lee Daniels, BET: Black Entertainment Television, Len Blavatnik, Ron Burkle, Aryeh B. Bourkoff, 59th & Prairie Entertainment, RuPaul Charles, I’ll Have Another Productions, Jeremy O.
Harris, Lena Waithe, Tucker Tooley Entertainment, CJ Uzomah, Ann Cox, Gina Purlia, Bob Yari, Marvin Peart, Colleen Camp, Marvet Britto, Jeremy Green, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jillian Robbins, The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Patrick Willingham, Mandy Hackett Between Riverside and CrazyAuthor: Stephen Adly GuirgisProducers: Second Stage Theater, Carole Rothman, Khady Kamara, Atlantic Theater Company Cost of LivingAuthor: Martyna MajokProducers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Williamstown Theatre Festival Fat HamAuthor: James IjamesProducers: No Guarantees, Public Theater Productions, Rashad V.
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