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 'Roar' Anthology Series and Going Green for 'Wicked' (Exclusive)
etonline.comand, Cynthia Erivo is back with another prestige TV series,. The anthology series premieres April 15 on Apple TV+, as Erivo begins pre-production on the anticipated film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical,.
While speaking to ET’s Lauren Zima, the actress opened up about her latest transformation for and going green as Elphaba. Adapted from Cecelia Ahern’s book of short stories by creators and co-showrunners Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive, each episode of is a standalone feminist fable about ordinary women overcoming some pretty extraordinary circumstances.
Erivo is one of many acclaimed actresses – including Nicole Kidman, who also executive produces; Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Alison Brie and others – who is at the center of one of these unexpected, darkly comedic tales.
In the case of Erivo, who stars in “The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin” directed by Rashida Jones, she plays a mother of two children who decides to go back to her high-power job when gashes and scars start appearing all over her body.
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