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.
The cast of Wicked has grown by one with the announcement that Peter Dinklage would be starring in the forthcoming movies!
On Wednesday (April 10), it was revealed that the 54-year-old Game of Thrones star would be appearing in the movies alongside the likes of Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh. Keep reading to find out more… Peter has been cast as Dr.
Dillamond, a goat teacher who has a special relationship with Elphaba at Shiz University. Deadline reported the news, which was revealed as the cast attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The first part of Wicked is set to premiere on November 27, 2024. The second movie will premiere a year later on November 26, 2025.
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