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 Set - See All the Photos of the Massive Production!
justjared.comThe Wicked movie is coming to life! The highly anticipated film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical is well underway, with filming taking place near Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom.
Filming started at the set on April 6, and is set to continue until August 4. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in the Jon M.
Chu production as Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, respectively. Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire‘s 1995 novel of the same name and was first performed on Broadway in 2003. Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum will also star.
The movie will be split into two parts, with the first arriving on November 27, 2024, and the second coming a year later in 2025. Scroll through to see all of the photos of the set so far…
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