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 fans are Defying Gravity after ‘perfect’ Wicked film casting
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Pop megastar Ariana Grande and actress Cynthia Erivo have been announced as playing the iconic duo that is Glinda and Elphaba and to be quite honest, we’ll be Dancing Through Life for well, ever.
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Ok, we’ll calm down now with the song names. Musical lovers around the world have been unable to hide their delight since the news was confirmed on Instagram, with many remembering Ariana said playing Glinda would be her ‘dream’ after
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