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 new judge revealed as Craig Revel Horwood is forced to miss show due to Covid
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing has announced it will replace judge Craig Revel Horwood with Tony award winner Cynthia Erivo on the show this weekend.
The news comes as the BBC competition's original judge Craig, 56, has unfortunately contracted COVID-19 and won't be able to attend the next instalment.
It's a shame considering it will see the couples performing in the highly-anticipated musicals week, but fans can instead look forward to actress-singer Cynthia delivering her own particular brand of critique to the celebrities.
It also makes sense given the star was recently cast as bad witch Elphaba in the film adaptation of popular musical Wicked.
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