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 looks so elegant on the red carpet at the 2021 Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 19) at The Event Deck at L.A.
Live in Los Angeles. The 34-year-old actress wore a gorgeous Louis Vuitton dress and accessorized her look with Roberto Coin jewelry. Cynthia is nominated at the show for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role as Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha.
The Emmys ceremony this year is being hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and the show will be broadcast on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service.
The Creative Arts Emmys were handed out last weekend and the full winners list has already been announced for those awards! Click through the gallery for 10+ photos of Cynthia Erivo on the
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