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 To Appear As A Judge On U.K.’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
etcanada.comCynthia Erivo is putting her judge’s cap on. The “Harriet” star is set to appear on the judges panel this weekend on the BBC reality competition series “Strictly Come Dancing”, via Variety. READ MORE: Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Land Leads In ‘Wicked’ Movie, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth Respond Erivo will be joining Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke, and head judge Shirley Balla to evaluate the competitors for Musical Week, on Saturday and Sunday night. “I’m so delighted to be joining the ‘Strictly’ judging panel for Musicals Week,” Erivo said in a statement to Variety. “Musicals have a unique place in my heart, it’s such a special way of connecting all art and making it one.
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