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.
5 of the most must-see celebrity events this month
hellomagazine.comOscars just around the corner, it seems this month promises to be an exciting one for celebrity fans! Expect major swoon-worthy fashion moments, but ahead of the main, take a look at some of the other biggest events our fabulous stars have attended.
Keep coming back to see the latest pictures.... Lucy Liu, Dame Helen Mirren and Rachel Zegler stunned at the UK premiere of Shazam!
Fury of the Gods at Cineworld Leicester Square in London on 7 March. At the start of the month, Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo were picture at the global premiere of Luther: The Fallen Sun at BFI IMAX Waterloo.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Malala Yousafzai at the 2nd Annual South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscars Celebration at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.
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