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.
Foo Fighters, Jon Batiste, H.E.R., More Join Grammy Performers Lineup
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academy has unveiled a second round of performers for the 64th annual Grammy Awards: nominees Jon Batiste, Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Nas, and Chris Stapleton, and, as revealed by Variety Wednesday night, a special In Memoriam performance featuring songs of Stephen Sondheim by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler.The Grammys, again hosted by Trevor Noah, will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 8 p.m.
ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.Previously announced performers include Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo.
This year’s leading nominee Jon Batiste received 11 nominations including Record Of The Year (“Freedom”), Album Of The Year (“We Are”), Best Traditional R&B Performance (“I Need You”), Best R&B Album (“We Are”), Best Improvised Jazz Solo (“Bigger Than Us”), Best Jazz Instrumental Album (“Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul”), Best American Roots Performance (“Cry”), Best American Roots Song (“Cry”), Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (“Soul”), Best Contemporary Classical Composition (“Batiste: Movement 11′”), and Best Music Video (“Freedom”).Twelve-time Grammy winners Foo Fighters earned three nominations this year for Best Rock Performance (“Making a Fire”), Best Rock Song (“Waiting On A War”), and Best Rock Album (“Medicine at Midnight”).Four-time Grammy winner H.E.R.
has eight nominations this year, Album Of The Year (“Back of My Mind”), Song of the Year (“Fight for You”), Best R&B Performance (“Damage”), Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Fight for You”), Best R&B.
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