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 cut a fashionable figure at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere in Culver City on Monday. The actress, 35, donned a sleeveless gold top that accentuated her powerful upper arms.
Her long gray skirt collected on the red carpet at her feet in a messy pool. Chic: Cynthia Erivo cut a fashionable figure at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere in Culver City on MondayShe carried a cloudy silver handbag on a long string with her at the suave affair.
Her hair was shaved close to her head, and she wore very long acrylic nails that jutted out like multi-colored claws. She blew a kiss toward the onlookers while arriving at the event.
The London native also took some time to pose with Master of None actress Lena Waithe and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sophia Nomvete.
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