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 & Wife Sabrina Wear Colorful Outfits to 'Luther: The Fallen Sun' Premiere in NYC
justjared.comIdris Elba is getting support from his wife on his big night. The 50-year-old actor was joined by wife Sabrina Elba at the premiere of his new Netflix movie Luther: The Fallen Sun on Wednesday evening (March 8) held at the Paris Theater in New York City.
Director Jamie Payne was also in attendance along with cast members Thomas Coombes, Andy Serkis with wife Lorraine Ashbourne, and Dermot Crowley. 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. Cynthia Erivo also stars in the movie.
Luther: The Fallen Sun will hit Netflix on Friday, March 10 – watch the trailer here! Click through the gallery for 30+ pictures of Idris Elba and the other stars at the premiere…
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