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.
Ariana Grande Addresses Voice Change In Viral Video & Calls Out Double Standard: “God Forbid I Sneeze Like Glinda”
deadline.comAriana Grande is addressing the criticism she received following a viral video in which her voice changed suddenly and calling out the double standard in doing so.
In a new interview, the Wicked star explains why the criticism she received was a gender-based prejudice. “I mean, you see male actors….
It’s always after the fact that they’re like, ‘Oh wow, how dedicated to his craft! What an amazing transformation! He’s a brilliant performer!'” Grande said on the Shut Up Evan podcast.
She continued, “And then, god forbid, I sneeze like Glinda or something, or if I make an intonation… it’s just that I’m crazy, or ‘Should someone check on her?’ It’s the weirdest thing.” Grande went viral in June when a clip from her appearance on Podcrushed was shared on social media.
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