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.
Cynthia Erivo Inks First-Look Deal With MRC TV, Civic Center Media
hollywoodreporter.comCynthia Erivo is expanding into producing. The award-winning actress is reteaming with The Outsider studio MRC Television and has signed a first-look deal with the studio and Civic Center Media.
Additionally, The Outsider and Genius star has launched Edith's Daughter, a production company that will focus on stories and people who are often overlooked and underrepresented.
Erivo has tapped Bron Studios' Solome Williams as vp at Edith's Daughter (with the company named after Erivo's mother). "MRC was an incredible partner on The Outsider and I’m unbelievably excited to begin this new creative journey in television with them,” Erivo said. “I could not think of a better partner than my new vice president Solome Williams, who is brilliant and.
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