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 and Sarah Gadon are both on the jury for the 2021 Venice Film Festival and they just walked the red carpet at more premieres! Sarah attended the mid-afternoon premiere of the movie Official Competition on Saturday (September 4) in Venice, Italy.
Later that day, Cynthia stepped out in a yellow and pink dress for the premiere of the upcoming horror flick Last Night in Soho.
Make sure to check out the looks that both ladies wore on the red carpet the night before. They were both in attendance at the Dune premiere!
FYI: Cynthia is wearing a Valentino Couture dress. Sarah is wearing an Armani Privé gown. Click through the gallery for 30+ photos of Cynthia Erivo and Sarah Gadon on the red carpet in Venice…
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