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 Shares How She & Ariana Grande Are Bonding for 'Wicked': 'It's a Sisterhood'
justjared.comCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are bonding on the set of their new movie! The pair were announced as the stars of the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked last year and in a new interview, Cynthia revealed what it’s been like working with the popstar to prepare for the movie. Click inside to read more… “Before I even went to do the audition I knew that music like the back of my hand.
I was doing it at drama school and sneaking up to the piano room and just learning it all,” she recalled in an interview with Laverne Cox for E!
News. “So I think it’s about learning the music, learning the story, finding our sort of way through it.” “Ariana and I have been meeting and chatting and talking and building our own relationship because we know that it’s a sisterhood and we want to be ready and prepared to be there for one another,” she said. “So it’s that, and [director] Jon [M.
Chu] is amazing so we’re just sort of waiting to start. We’re ready to rehearse and get into it.” Laverne said, “I’m just imagining you and Ariana bonding,” and Cynthia shared, “It’s the most delightful thing ever.
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