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.
BAFTAs 2021 red carpet: Renèe Zellweger, Vanessa Kirby and Phoebe Dynevor lead the best dressed
telegraph.co.uk11 Apr 2021 We can always expect a lot of glamour on the BAFTAs red carpet, and with stars including Phoebe Dynevor, Cynthia Erivo and Renèe Zellweger in attendance, this year's event was no different.It was however a slightly different affair in comparison to previous years due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The main awards were held as usual at the Royal Albert Hall, but the event was spread over two days, with only a small number of celebrities in attendance, and the majority attending virtually from home.
However, the annual celebration of British cinema was still a fabulous affair. Click through the gallery to see all of the most stylish looks from the night...We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you.
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