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 Drops 10 New Character Posters Featuring Elphaba, Glinda, Fiyero, & More!
justjared.comUniversal Pictures has released a slew of new character posters for the upcoming movie musical Wicked! The studio has dropped 10 new posters ahead of the release of a brand new trailer for the highly anticipated film.
The posters give us new looks at Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Ethan Slater as Boq, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Bronwyn James as ShenShen, and Peter Dinklage as the voice of Doctor Dillamond.
Fans have been speculating that one of the original stars of Wicked will be making a cameo appearance in the movie after she was spotted by eagle-eyed fans in a recent TV spot.
Wicked is being released in theaters on November 22. Browse through the gallery for all of the character posters…
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