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.
Gabrielle Union Enlisted A Star-Studded Cast For All-Black ‘Friends’ Reading And Fans Loved It
etcanada.comGabrielle Union hosted an all-Black “Friends” with an all-star cast. On Tuesday night, the “Zoom Where It Happens” event featured Sterling K.
Brown and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathe as Ross and Rachel. In addition to Brown and Bathe, Uzo Aduba played Phoebe, Kendrick Sampson was Joey, Jeremy Pope portrayed Chandler and Aisha Hinds was Monica.
Gabrielle Union, who appeared in a 2001 episode of “Friends”, served as host, with two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo making a surprise appearance to sing the sitcom’s theme song.
The actors performed “The One Where No One’s Ready”, and fans showered the cast with love on social media. And RELATED: Gabrielle Union Confirms ‘Bring It On’ Sequel: ‘It’s True’ The special reading was in support of When
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