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 Trailer Teases New Footage of Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo & the All-Star Cast - Watch Now!
justjared.comThe new trailer for the Wicked movie is here! Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star as Glinda and Elphaba in the film adaptation of the beloved Broadway show, which has been in the works for over a decade.
Other stars taking on roles include 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.
Wicked is being released in theaters on November 22, and you may not realize that the film has been split into two parts. Find out why they decided to film 2 movies instead of 1.
In addition, 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.
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