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' Trailer Gets Lego Version: Watch the Shot-for-Shot Remake!
justjared.comThe Wicked trailer has received the Lego treatment! Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star as Glinda and Elphaba in the film adaptation of the beloved Broadway show, and we just received the full length trailer for the film a few weeks ago.
Now, a shot-for-shot remake of the trailer has been released, except using Legos to build the magical world! Keep reading to find out more… The first part of the Wicked movie will be released in theaters on November 27, 2024 with Part Two following on November 26, 2025.
Find out why the film is being split into two parts! Also starring in the highly anticipated movie are Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Ethan Slater as Boq, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Peter Dinklage as the voice of Doctor Dillamond, Keala Settle as the new character Miss Coddle, and Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Glinda’s friends Pfannee and ShenShen.
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