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.
British Vogue for the magazine’s 2022 Pride celebration issue.Speaking to the magazine, Erivo said: “[Many LGBTQ+ people] still feel the need to be constantly justifying why we deserve to be treated as equal beings, when really the only difference is that we love differently and we express ourselves differently.“Rather than being chastised for that we should be commended for being brave.
That’s the most important thing: giving people the space to show up fully as who they are.”In a post on Instagram sharing photos from the issue, Erivo wrote: “Nerves and fear have gotten in the way of sharing all of who I am, and today with Pride and with wonderful people beside me I’m sharing a little more.A post shared by Cynthia Erivo (@cynthiaerivo)“Thank you @edward_enniful for giving me the space and loving on me.
A dream come true to grace the cover of @britishvogue with incredible people.”Erivo stars in the upcoming Pinnochio remake as The Blue Fairy, alongside Tom Hanks, Luke Evans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Keegan-Michael Key.
The film is scheduled to be released on September 8 on Disney+.The actor is set to star in the upcoming Luther movie with Idris Elba.
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