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 Weighs In On People Singing Along To 'Wicked' In Theaters
justjared.comElphaba herself has weighed in on singing along to “Defying Gravity” while watching Wicked in theaters. Ever since the first part of Wicked premiered, there has been a discussion online about fans singing along to some of their favorite songs from the Broadway musical.
There are even plans for sing-along screenings in certain theaters in the coming weeks. In a new interview, Cynthia Erivo shared her thoughts on the idea of fans adding their voices to the blockbuster. Keep reading to find out more… During an appearance at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cynthia made it clear that she was down with the idea. “I’m okay with it,” she said during an interview, via Broadway World. “We spend this long singing it ourselves.
It’s time for everyone else to join in. It’s wonderful.” We recently learned a key detail about how much Cynthia and Ariana Grande were paid for Wicked amid reports that they received drastically different salaries.
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