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 Teases Upcoming Role As The Blue Fairy In ‘Pinocchio’
etcanada.comCynthia Erivo is on the interview circuit promoting her latest project, “Genius: Aretha”, in which she plays legendary Aretha Franklin the the third season of National Geographic’s “Genius” series.
In an interview with Variety‘s “Just for Variety” podcast, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer also opens up about an upcoming role on the horizon: playing the Blue Fairy in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Pinocchio” for Disney+.
RELATED: Cynthia Erivo On Becoming The Queen Of Soul For ‘Genius: Aretha’ Interviewer Marc Malkin tells Erivo he can see her put an “avant-garde” spin on the classic cartoon creation. “You might be right, you know.
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