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.
Petition to keep James Corden away from 'Wicked' film gains momentum
wonderwall.comchange.org that pleads with producers and casting agents to keep "The Late Late Show" host away from the upcoming big screen version of "Wicked." The petition has already garnered nearly 50,000 signatures."James Corden in no way shape or form should be in or near the production of Wicked the movie.
That's pretty much it," the petition reads in its entirety.James has a pretty lengthy history in movie musicals, having starred in "Cats," "The Prom," "Into The Woods" and "Cinderella."Just last week, it was announced that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were set to star in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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