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.
Strictly Come Dancing: Guest judge Cynthia Erivo gives Rose and Giovanni perfect 10 for Frozen dance
msn.comEastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis and her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice received a perfect 10 from Strictly guest judge Cynthia Eviro this week.
The Tony and Oscar-winning star replaced Craig Revel-Horwood on tonight’s (20 November) episode after he tested positive for Covid-19.
She was a big fan of the duo’s quickstep to “Love Is An Open Door” from the musical Frozen, even though Pernice made a small error during part of the dance. “I think you’re joyful, beautiful,” she told Ayling-Ellis. “That was so much fun to watch, you managed to get all the characterisation, the mood, the feeling, all in one.
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