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 is Dripping in Diamond at Met Gala 2021
justjared.comCynthia Erivo is striking a pose on the red carpet! The 34-year-old Tony- and Grammy-winning star walked the red carpet with Moschino designer Jeremy Scott while arriving at the 2021 Met Gala held on Monday (September 13) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Cynthia Erivo For the event, Cynthia showed off some major skin in a cream-colored top that just covered her chest paired with a long, cream-colored skirt accessorized with diamond dragon necklace and diamond-covered nails.
The annual Costume Institute Gala is the fashion world’s equivalent of the Oscars and the event is usually held on the first Monday of May, but it was postponed until September 2021 due to the pandemic.
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