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.
Jada Pinkett Smith is drinking from the fountain of youth. The 52-year-old recently attended the 2024 Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala, and instead of finding a new gown, she looked through her archives to find a stunning black piece by Alaïa that she wore 20 years ago.Jada Pinkett first wore the gown in 2004, when she attended the Hollywood Awards Gala with her husband Will Smith. “Sis had to pull out that Alaïa piece she wore damn near twenty years ago for tonight’s event,” she wrote on Instagram.She styled the gown almost exactly the same, only adding silver accessories with big earrings and bangles.Piqué presents the most expensive soccer jersey ever produced‘Euphoria’ is the #1 TV show influencing our fashion and beauty choices: Learn here how to get some looksParis Jackson spotted in Los Angeles in her trademark Boho chic styleJada not only attended the LGBT Center’s gala but also presented Cynthia Erivo with the Schrader Award.
The Schrader Award is named after the trailblazing LA gay rights activist Rand Schrader and “celebrates those of us whose star burns brightly enough so that others may dare to shine,” Jada explained.
Erivo joins Ariana Grande in the highly anticipated film adaptation of “Wicked” where she will portray Elphaba. She made a touching speech at the Gala about opening about her sexuality saying, “Claiming my queerness in public—and particularly, in the public eye—has meant taking a risk in order to claim my freedom.” “It seems that, all over, we are keen on seeing the world in black-and-white, rather than embracing the difficult (but beautiful) complexities of our humanity,” she continued, per the Los Angeles LGBT Center.Erivo gained recognition on Broadway as Celie in “The Color Purple” before.
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