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 Rose’: Cynthia Erivo To Star In Remake Of The Bette Midler Film
theplaylist.netBritish actress, writer, singer, and songwriter Cynthia Erivo’s star has been on the rise ever since her breakout turn in “Bad Times at the El Royale,” and the twice Academy Award-nominated performer has now landed arguably her biggest role to date.
READ MORE: ‘Genius: Aretha’: Cynthia Erivo Shines As The Queen Of Soul In A Smart, But Inconsistent Series [Review] Variety reports that Erivo has signed on to star in Searchlight’s remake of 1979 drama “The Rose,” which starred Bette Midler in the lead.
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