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.
EGOT Watch: 5 Stars Who Only Need An Oscar
metroweekly.comAudra McDonaldAudra McDonald is one of Broadway’s brightest stars — and one who is only a single award away from completing her EGOT.With six Tony Awards to her name, she has more performance wins than any other actor and has also won in all four acting categories.In addition, she has already won two Grammy Awards, for Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Album, and an Emmy for her performance in Sweeney Todd (Live from Lincoln Center) in 2015.
However, the only award missing from her impressive collection is an Oscar, which may prove elusive given her limited involvement in movies. Bette MidlerBette Midler, the renowned singer, actress, and comedian, has been tantalizingly close to achieving EGOT status for some time now.
Despite being nominated twice, she has yet to win an Academy Award, the only award missing from her collection.Midler began her journey towards EGOT glory in 1974 when she won the Best New Artist Grammy.
Since then, she has won two more Grammys, including Record of the Year for “Wind Beneath My Wings.”In 2017, she won a competitive Tony Award for her performance in Hello, Dolly!, following a previous honorary award.Along with her achievements in music and theater, Midler has also won three Emmy Awards across various categories.Billy PorterBilly Porter’s breakthrough came after he landed the lead role in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which earned him both a Tony Award and a Grammy Award (for Best Musical Theater Album).Porter then went on to make history as the first openly gay Black man to win the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in the groundbreaking TV show Pose.Despite his success in theater and television, Porter has yet to be nominated for an Academy Award, which.
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