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 Musical: Director Jon M. Chu Shares First Look At Ariana Grande’s Glinda & Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba
deadline.comThere is still a long way to go until Wicked film hits theaters and director Jon M. Chu is teasing the musical dropping the first images of the film.
Chu shared on Instagram a couple of photos where we can see Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda. “You weren’t told the whole story.
What happens when you veer off the Yellow Brick Road?” Chu captioned the post on social media. In a second post, Chu added, “Green & Pink.
It always starts with green and pink.” You weren’t told the whole story. What happens when you veer off the Yellow Brick Road?
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