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.
Tom Fletcher believes Harry Judd wanted to 'secretly steer' him away from winning Strictly
express.co.ukCraig Revel Horwood's replacement Cynthia Erivo talks Harry and Meghan"I feel like there will be pressure for me to go far.”Coincidently, former winner Harry witnessed his pal leave the competition tonight after supporting him in the audience.Tom and Amy Dowden missed out on making it through to week 10 after a dance off with Rhys Stevenson and Nancy Xu.The dancing duo performed a Couple’s Choice routine to On My Own from Les Misérables.Judges Cynthia Erivo, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton du Beke awarded the pair 31 out of 40 points.Amy said of their exit tonight: “I really wasn’t ready for this.
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