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.
Jennifer Hudson shows off her powerhouse vocal chops as Aretha Franklin in Respect trailer
dailymail.co.ukJennifer Hudson showed off her powerhouse vocal chops as she transformed into Aretha Franklin in the first full trailer for Respect.The 39-year-old actress, who won an Oscar in 2007 for the movie musical Dreamgirls, belted out Aretha's hits for the biopic including the iconic title song.Respect, which is the Aretha biopic that the late singer's family has approved of, comes after a miniseries on her life led by Broadway star Cynthia Erivo.
Incredible:Jennifer Hudson showed off her powerhouse vocal chops as she transformed into Aretha Franklin in a new trailer for Respect The inspiration: Franklin performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 2012The new trailer for respect begins with Aretha as a little girl sitting at the piano with her.
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