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.
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variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Sept. 7, WednesdayTom Hanks, Cynthia Erivo and Luke Evans premiere “Pinocchio.”Walt Disney Studios lot, Burbank “Cobra Kai” Season 5 kicks off with Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Xolo Maridueña and Tanner Buchanan.L.A.
State Historic Park, Los Angeles Jimmy Kimmel hosts the premiere party for “Chef’s Table: Pizza.”Pizzeria Bianco, Los Angeles Peacock premieres “A Friend of the Family.”San Vicente Bungalows, West Hollywood Brie Larson attends the premiere of Disney+’s “Growing Up.”Neuehouse, Hollywood Sept.
8, ThursdayDavid E. Kelley accepts the Creative Conscience Award in the field of television at Variety’s Showrunners Dinner.Sunset Tower, Los Angeles Sally El Hosaini’s “The Swimmers” opens the 11-day Toronto International Film Festival.Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Sept.
9, Friday “Disney 100 Years of Wonder” kicks off at D23 Expo with the Disney Legends Awards, honoring Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Rob’t Coltrin, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Price Foster, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Don Hahn, Doris Hardoon, Idina Menzel, Chris Montan, Ellen Pompeo and Tracee Ellis Ross.Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim Performers Nominees EventSaban Media Center, North Hollywood Kenan Thompson hosts UTA’s pre-Emmys party.Waldorf Astoria, Beverly Hills CAA Emmys PartyRose Café, Venice Sept.
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