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.
Kevin Clifton 'favourite' to replace Strictly Come Dancing judge amid retirement talk
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton has been tipped as the ‘favourite’ to join the Strictly judging panel, bookies have said, after speculation that one current judging legend may be set to step down soon.
It comes after Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood, who has been a stalwart of the judging panel since the hit BBC show’s inception in 2004, hinted that he may soon be leaving the glitter ball behind and retire from his judging seat as he approaches his 60th birthday in a few months.
With the comments swirling, bookmakers have issued the odds on who they think is most likely to fill Craig’s shiny shoes should he leave… and pro dancer Kevin, 41, has topped the list to join the panel of Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.
A recent survey by bookmakers Betway found that Kevin leads the list of likely new judges, with odds of 7/1. Pineapple Dance Studios star Louis Spence came in close behind him in second place on the survey, with odds of 3/1, and Diversity's Ashley Banjo came in third with odds of 5/1.
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