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.
‘SNL’ Promo: Ariana Grande Wants Nothing Wicked, Cast Has Other Ideas
deadline.comThis week’s SNL guest host Ariana Grande has just one request for her second time in Studio 8H: Nothing wicked. Alas, her cast mates for the week had other ideas.
In this week’s Saturday Night Live promo, Grande attends a pitch meeting with cast members Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, Marcello Hernández and Andrew Dismukes and lays down her one rule: No sketches about Wicked or The Wizard of Oz.
The SNL gang clearly has other thoughts. Check out the promo above. In the upcoming Wicked musical film – Part 1 is set for theatrical release on November 22 – Grande plays Galinda, who later becomes the Glinda the Good Witch (opposite Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba, soon to be the Wicked Witch of the West).
Grande is returning for her second time as SNL host, with musical guest Stevie Nicks back for her second time – and her first in more than 30 years.
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