Cynthia Erivo Hopes to Keep Creating Work That Will ‘Resonate and Hopefully Move People’

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Back in 2019, Cynthia Erivo received the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award.

Just six years later, she will be lauded with Variety’s Creative Impact in Acting Award, commemorating the Emmy, Grammy and Tony award-winning performer’s latest achievement: playing Elphaba in “Wicked.” Her performance has received rave reviews, and she has been nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice award.

Erivo is also tipped to land both Oscar and SAG award nominations later this month. Previous recipients of the Creative Impact in Acting Award include Penelope Cruz, Emily Blunt, Steve Carell, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro, Jonah Hill, Daniel Kaluuya and Viggo Mortensen.

In a statement to Variety, Erivo said, “I have watched actors who I look up to become recipients of this award, and I have been a fan of the work that they have put forward in the world in order to be worthy of this award, so it is deeply humbling and incredibly overwhelming to be thought of in the same breath as those whom I admire. “The job now is to keep creating work that will hopefully continue to resonate and ultimately move people.” The award will be given as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch on Jan.