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.
Stylist Jason Bolden, Designer Zac Posen Lined Up for NYFW:NXT Virtual Series
hollywoodreporter.comNYFW: NXT — the free online training series launched last year by Endeavor Impact and IMG’s NYFW: The Shows team — is back for 2021 with a new program.
The program will feature a series of live conversations, workshops and courses with key fashion industry leaders alongside archival runway presentations and talks all available on NYFW.com.
Stylist Jason Bolden and designer Zac Posen are headlining the program with Bolden on board for "Beyond the Red Carpet," a session that will feature him in conversation with IMG Models and Fashion president Ivan Bart.
The chat will see Bolden opening up on representation in the industry as well as his personal experiences styling the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Taraji P.
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