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.
A Comprehensive Guide to the ‘Wicked’ Cast: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and More
usmagazine.comWicked has long been one of Broadway’s most profitable productions — and Jon M. Chu is ready to bring the bewitching story to the big screen.The musical, which was inspired by Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch before Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy Gale dropped into town.
In the prequel, the two aspiring witches meet as students at Shiz University, navigating friendship, romance, magical training and discovering their own identities.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe Great White Way show originally starred Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, upon its 2004 opening.
While many stars have since taken on the mantle of the unlikely besties, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande scored the roles in Chu’s adaptation.“These two witches!!” Chu, who previously directed Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, wrote via Instagram in November 2021. “The emotional moment I got to tell @cynthiaerivo and @arianagrande that they were our Elphaba and Galinda in the @WickedMovie for @unistudios
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