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’ Gets the Funko Pop! Treatment in New Collection, Featuring Glinda and Elphaba Figurines and Loungefly Merch
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Glinda and Elphaba are miniaturized into 4-inch Funko Pops! in a new “Wicked” collection ahead of the Universal film’s long-awaited November release.
The merch lineup, announced today, also includes figurines of other characters from the musical, such as Madame Morrible and Fiyero, in addition to Loungefly products such as branded notebooks, backpacks and sweatshirts.
The “Wicked” Pop! collection features two versions of Glinda, played by Ariana Grande in the film — one in a dressed-down pink nightgown, and the other donning a sparkling tiara and floor-length pink gown as seen in the film’s poster.
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