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 Craig Revel Horwood replaced by Oscar nominee on this weekend's show
dailyrecord.co.ukA well-known movie star will be stepping in for Craig Revel Horwood on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend after the judge tested positive for coronavirus, the BBC has revealed.
Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo will join Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and head judge Shirley Ballas for the show's musicals week on November 20 and 21 as Craig Revel Horwood self-isolates, Birmingham Live reports.
The Grammy and Tony award winner said: “I’m so delighted to be joining the Strictly judging panel for Musicals Week."Musicals have a unique place in my heart, it’s such a special way of connecting all art and making it one."I’m excited to bring my experience to the show and I can’t wait to see what the couples have in store this weekend.”Musicals Week will see
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