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.
The 10-year-old who landed a role in Wicked after a call from Hollywood in the middle of the night
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 10-year-old girl from North Manchester is living her dream after landing a leading role in one of the biggest movies of the year.
Karis Musongole says she cried 'happy tears' when she found out she would be joining the cast of Wicked, currently the number one movie in the country.
The up-and-coming actress, from Blackley, is part of a cast that features the likes of international pop star Ariana Grande; British actor and singer Cynthia Erivo; and Manchester Metropolitan University alumni Michelle Yeoh.
The film, released on November 22, is about a misunderstood young woman with green skin called Elphaba (Erivo). It follows her journey as she forges an unlikely friendship with a popular Glinda (Grande) at a university for magicians. READ MORE: 15 photos of the spectacular Greater Manchester sunrise this morning that saw 'UFO' cloud phenomena Their relationship reaches a crossroad when they share an encounter with the Wizard of Oz and their lives begin to take different paths.
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