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, Nas and H.E.R. added to performance roster at 2022 Grammys
nme.comFoo Fighters, Nas and H.E.R. are among the new additions to the roster of performing artists at next month’s Grammy Awards ceremony.The announcement, made overnight (March 24), also sees Jon Batiste and Chris Stapleton added to the bill.
They join previously-announced performers Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile and the Brothers Osborne.The 64th annual Grammys ceremony will also feature a segment showcasing the songs of late Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (who died last November, age 91), which will be performed by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr, Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler.Earlier this month, it was revealed that Kanye West had also been slated to perform, but that his appearance had been scrapped over his recent “concerning online behaviour”.Batiste leads this year’s nominations, appearing in 11 categories including Album Of The Year (for ‘We Are’) and Record of the Year (‘Freedom’).
Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R follow with nominations in eight categories, while Rodrigo and Eilish are both up for seven.
Lil Nas X is up for a total of five awards, including Record, Album and Song Of The Year.Hosting this year’s ceremony – which will take place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3 – is comedian and Daily Show host Trevor Noah.
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