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.
The Queen of Soul's iconic story is coming to the small screen with the new trailer for Genius: Aretha on National Geographic Channel.Aretha Franklin's inimitable career will be put on display in the third season of Genius, which has previously explored the lives of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.Cynthia Erivo stars as Franklin in the eight-episode series, which will be rolled out over four consecutive nights starting Sunday, March 21 on National Geographic Channel.
Queen of Soul:The Queen of Soul's iconic story is coming to the small screen with the new trailer for Genius: Aretha on National Geographic Channel Star:Cynthia Erivo stars as Franklin in the eight-episode series, which will be rolled out over four consecutive nights starting.
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