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.
'Wicked' Acting Nominations - Will Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande Compete in the Same Category? Answer Revealed!
justjared.comWicked won’t be out for another two months, but fans are already curious about the stars – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – will be submitted for acting award nominations this awards season.
Despite some speculation that the two actresses in Jon M. Chu’s highly-anticipated movie adaptation of the Broadway musical would be going head-to-head, they will not be in the same acting category this awards season, THR reports. Keep reading to find out more… According to the report, a decision has been made to push Cynthia, who plays Elphaba, in the lead actress category, while Ariana, playing Glinda, in the supporting actress category.
This is notably different from the distinction made for the original Broadway production by the Tony Awards Administration Committee 20 years ago, when Idina Menzel, who created Elphaba, and Kristin Chenoweth, who originated Glinda, both competed in the category of best actress in a musical. (Idina ended up winning.) THR notes that it’s a good strategy, as only five films have ever managed to secure nominations for multiple actresses: All About Eve (1950), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), The Turning Point (1977), Terms of Endearment (1983) and Thelma & Louise (1991). Ariana Grande also just teased something major alongside the upcoming theatrical release of Wicked!
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