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.
Idris Elba is look sharp on the red carpet! The 50-year-old actor and wife Sabrina posed for photos while arriving at the premiere of his new Netflix movie Luther: The Fallen Sun on Wednesday (March 1) held at BFI IMAX Waterloo in London, England. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Idris Elba Fellow cast members in attendance included Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis with wife Lorraine Ashbourne, and Dermot Crowley along with director Jamie Payne. Keep reading to find out more… In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Elba) sits behind bars.
Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Luther: The Fallen Sun will hit Netflix on March 10. Find out what else is being released on Netflix in March! FYI: Cynthia is wearing a dress by Louis Vuitton. Click through the gallery for 45+ pictures of the stars at the premiere…
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