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.
Fuming Great British Bake Off fans want Paul Hollywood out after last show's decision
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFans of The Great British Bake Off have called for the show to replace Paul Hollywood. After the controversial semi-final on Tuesday night, viewers were left furious over the judge's decision.
The Channel 4 show saw Paul dish out the most handshakes ever given in one challenge to Crystelle, Giuseppi and also Chigs. But fan-favourite Juergen sadly missed out on the 'Hollywood handshake' and was sent home, losing out on next week's final. READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing announces Cynthia Erivo will replace Craig Revel Horwood as judge After the episode, Paul Hollywood began trending on Twitter as viewers all began making the same demand, reports Birmingham Live.
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