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' Movie Cast Posts New Photos From Set to Mark Wrapping Production
justjared.comThe Wicked movies have officially wrapped production and the cast is sharing new photos from set! Four of the main cast members – Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Ethan Slater – have all posted pics to their Instagram accounts to mark the end of filming.
The Broadway musical Wicked is getting a film adaptation that is being split into two movie with Part One being released November 27, 2024 and Part Two hitting theaters November 26, 2025.
Production would have wrapped in summer 2023, but the SAG-AFTRA strike put filming on pause and the cast reunited in January 2024 to complete the 10 final shoot days. Head inside to see what the cast said in their wrap posts… Keep scrolling to see what each cast member said in their wrap posts… Ariana Grande – Glinda “like a handprint on my heart.” Cynthia Erivo – Elphaba “I’ve been trying to think of what I’d say when this day finally came, and I’m failing miserably, because honestly there aren’t enough words to fully express what this experience has meant to me, so I’ll leave you with this.
The universe will take things away to make space for the grand gifts it has waiting for us. THIS moment, this film, these people, this cast, this crew, this director, my Glinda, were the Grandest gift I could ever have asked for, and I am eternally grateful for the chance to bring you This Elphie.
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