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.
Michaela Coel, Cynthia Erivo To Lead BBC’s First Creative Diversity Xperience
deadline.comJake Kanter International TV EditorI May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and Cynthia Erivo, the Grammy-winning singer and actress, are to headline the BBC’s first Creative Diversity Xperience.The online event will take place on 28-29 July with the ambition of showcasing the vibrancy, innovation and leadership of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic talent in the creative industry.Over the course of 12 hours of content, Coel will provide a masterclass on her BBC/HBO hit series I May Destroy You, while Erivo will take part in a Q&A with BBC Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo.Normal People actress Aoife Hinds and Noughts And Crosses star Masali Baduza will also feature, as will writer and filmmaker Lucy Sheen.
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