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 sees Ariana Grande sing ‘Popular’ and ‘Defying Gravity’
nme.comWicked the movie has been released.Coming to cinemas later this year, the film stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum, and is an adaptation of the musical of the same name.
It tells the untold story of the witches of Oz.Wicked follows Elphaba (Erivo) as she begins at Shiz University, where she forms an unlikely friendship with Glinda (Grande).
While navigating their differences, learning about Elphaba’s powers and discovering the truth about the Wizard (Goldblum), the pair lead the beloved story which serves as a prequel to The Wizard Of Oz.Now, the trailer for the movie has been released, and it features the film’s two stars singing some of its most well-known hits for the first time.
Set in a hyper-realistic fantasy land, featuring eccentric costumes and sophisticated special effects, the trailer subtly teases the story’s darker elements, as well as the sub-plot of a love story, and the references to The Wizard Of Oz.
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