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 & Cynthia Erivo React to 'Wicked' Casting News in New Footage From the Moment They Learned the News!
justjared.comA new Wicked movie featurette was released by Universal Pictures today, and it has new footage from the movie, plus, the emotional moments that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo found out they’d be portraying Glinda and Elphaba, respectively.
Both received video calls from director Jon M. Chu letting them know they’d won the roles. From the footage, they both appear to become very emotional at the news. Head inside to watch… Ariana said, “Thank you, I love her so much!
I’m going to take such good care of her, thank you so much!” Part One is set to be released in theaters on November 27, 2024 and Part Two will follow on November 26, 2025.
There is supposedly going to be a new trailer released this week as well. Take a look at the first trailer that was released months ago.
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