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.
Angelina Jolie Brings Her Kids to 'Eternals' UK Premiere
justjared.comAngelina Jolie is making her latest premiere a family affair again! The 46-year-old actress brought five of her children – Maddox, 20, Shiloh, 15, Knox, 13, Vivienne, 13, and Zahara, 16 – to the red carpet premiere of Eternals at the BFI IMAX Waterloo on Wednesday (October 27) in London, England. (Missing from the event was 17-year-old son Pax.) Click inside to read more… Director Chloe Zhao joined stars Barry Keoghan and girlfriend Shona Guerin, Kumail Nanjiani and wife Emily V.
Jordan, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, Lauren Ridloff, Salma Hayek and Richard Madden all posed for photos at the big event. Cynthia Erivo also attended the premiere.
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