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's Anton Du Beke slams 'pointless' fix claims as 'BBC don't care who wins'
dailystar.co.ukAnton Du Beke has lashed out at claims that Strictly Come Dancing is fixed after Tom Fletcher was given the boot from the show.The former professional dancer and judging panel member spoke out after a backlash from fans of the dance competition online who were convinced Tom should not have been voted off yet.Tom and his dance partner Amy Dowden were given the chop on Sunday night's results show after their couple's choice dance to On My Own from Les Miserables failed to impress viewers.The pair faced CBBC presenter Rhys Stephenson and his professional partner Nancy Xu with their jive to Footloose in the dance-off before judges Cynthia Erivo, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton voted to save Rhys and Nancy.Head judge Shirley Ballas, however, said if it.
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