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.
She was nominated for one of these trophies just last year.And on Sunday, actress Cynthia Erivo looked splendid and regal, when she acted as a presenter for the remote 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards.The Harriet star, 34, shined in a sublime beige Alexander McQueen gown, featuring a corset-like bodice and artful ruffling at the skirt.
Woah:The Harriet star, 34, shined in a sublime beige Alexander McQueen gown, featuring a corset-like bodice and artful ruffling at the skirt for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild AwardsThe Stockwell, London-born actress also wore a collection of Forevermark rings on her fingers, along with various earrings and a septum piercing.
Read more on dailymail.co.uk