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.
Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Erivo Sign on as Ambassadors for Health Care Price Awareness Campaign (Exclusive)
hollywoodreporter.comSusan Sarandon and Cynthia Erivo are just two of the high-profile ambassadors seeking to raise awareness of people's right to know the cost of medical services through the Power to the Patients campaign.
The campaign comes after the launch of a new rule in 2021 that mandates that hospitals provide clear and accessible pricing information online about the medical services and items they provide.
The rule is designed to allow patients and their families to understand the financial obligations of their medical decisions and compare prices.
However, critics argue that the measure could create confusion among consumers and imposes an additional burden on hospitals that are already taxed by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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