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.
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etcanada.comEveryone wants the scoop on Ethan Slater. On July 20, sources confirmed to ET that pop star Ariana Grande is dating the Broadway alum, who is co-starring with her in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked.
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After growing up in a Conservative Jewish household and graduating from Vassar College, Slater rose up the Broadway ranks, gaining fame for playing the title role in the SpongeBob SquarePants stage musical.
He was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in 2018. Slater has also appeared onstage in productions of Camelot, Assassins and Good Night, Oscar.
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