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.
Universal Pictures Reveals New ‘Wicked,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fall Guy’ Footage [CinemaCon]
theplaylist.netThere’s that one note. That incredibly high note at the end of the song “Defying Gravity” from the musical “Wicked.” A note, until the success of “Let It Go,” which defined Idina Menzel’s career.
That note was the last thing heard at Universal Pictures’ CinemacCon presentation on Wednesday evening. But this time, the note was sung by Cynthia Erivo and it was glorious.
Truly glorious. Continue reading Universal Pictures Reveals New ‘Wicked,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fall Guy’ Footage [CinemaCon] at The Playlist..
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