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’: Ariana Grande Shares Behind The Scenes Photos Alongside Cynthia Erivo
deadline.comAriana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are getting ready to make their wickedly debut in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of the Wicked Broadway musical.
The pair took to Instagram to share a set of behind-the-scenes photos teasing what fans can expect in the coming months. “Up to (no) good,” read the caption of the Instagram post.
In the first image in black and white, Grande and Erivo are seen holding hands. The “Focus” singer is wearing a polka-dot dress with white gloves while Erivo wore a plaid ensemble.
A second photo of the duo has them in the back of a vehicle looking at each other while Grande sports her signature ponytail.
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