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 & Leslie Odom, Jr. Walk The Grammys Red Carpet Ahead of Performance
justjared.comCynthia Erivo made a big statement on the red carpet at the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday (April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The 35-year-old actress walked the carpet in a stunning silver look, next to Leslie Odom, Jr. Leslie and Cynthia will be hitting the stage later on in the show, and performing alongside Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt.
Stay tuned for the performance! Cynthia was seen inside the show, sitting next to Lena Waithe.
Make sure to tune in TONIGHT for the Grammys at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on CBS. The show will be hosted by The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah.
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