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.
1. The OutsiderSeason Finale The drama based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name starring Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo and Bill Camp concludes its first season with a climactic showdown.
All season long, police detective Ralph Anderson (Mendelsohn) has been investigating the mysterious murder of a young boy in Georgia.When: Sunday on HBO Canada2.
100 HumansSeason 1 Netflix has been hitting a high note with their recent string of reality TV shows.
The streaming service’s latest offering follows 100 diverse volunteers who have agreed to participate in social experiments and let scientists ask personal questions about age, gender and overall happiness.When: Friday on Netflix3.
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