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 Talks Filming 'Wicked' Movies & What It's Like Singing With Ariana Grande
justjared.comCynthia Erivo is gushing about getting to sing with her Wicked co-star Ariana Grande!
The two star will be starring in the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical as friends to enemies Elphaba and Glinda.
While appearing on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, Cynthia was asked about singing together and blending their voices for the upcoming films. Check out what she said inside… “She calls it worming,” Cynthia said. “So our voices are very different, as you know, but for some reason when we sing, they sound like one voice.
We discovered it when we were rehearsing and singing together. We work really well together, our voices…” “It’s amazing. We still, it astounds us.
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