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 fans outraged as they all ask same thing about opening Wicked number
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing voiced their frustration over the opening number on Sunday's results show after they made the same realisation.
The dance contest on November 21 opened with a Wicked theme routine to the song Defying Gravity during Musicals Week. Pro dancers were cast as the lead roles Elphaba and Glinda from the musical classic with vocals from the Strictly Come Dancing house band singer. READ MORE: Giovanni reveals clever details fans might not have noticed in Strictly dance But fans watching at home pointed out that West End and Broadway musicals legend Cynthia Erivo, who was sitting right there on the judging panel, would have been a better option.
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