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 poses for photos while hosting an intimate dinner with Saks at the Parrish Art Museum on Wednesday (July 14) in Water Mill, N.Y.
Joining the Oscar-nominated actress at the event were fashion designer Christopher John Rogers and Saks CEO Marc Metrick.
The just received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her work in the NatGeo series Genius: Aretha.
Later this month, Cynthia will be performing a concert at the legendary Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. Philharmonic and she teased the show in a new interview. Click inside to find out what she said… “I really want people to come, it’s going to be a wonderful night,” she told Deadline. “It’s going to be very special, we have
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