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.
Michelle Yeoh Cast as Lead In 'Blade Runner 2099' Series at Prime Video
justjared.comMichelle Yeoh is set to star in an upcoming new television series! The 61-year-old actress was just announced to lead the new Blade Runner 2099 series coming to Prime Video, Deadline reveals.
She also confirmed the news on her Instagram story. Blade Runner 2099 is serving as a sequel series to the 2017 movie Blade Runner 2049, and has been in the works for a few years now. Get more info inside… Details on the TV show, which will be a limited series, and on Michelle‘s role are currently being kept under wraps.
According to Deadline, the series recently began production in Prague, after relocating from the originally planned Belfast.
Shōgun‘s Jonathan van Tulleken will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer. Ridley Scott is also producing, along with showrunner Silka Luisa. Michelle‘s casting comes just a couple months after her Netflix series The Brothers Sun was canceled.
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