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.
Cynthia Erivo and Sarah Gadon are probably going to be fixtures on the 2021 Venice Film Festival red carpet this year thanks to their roles on the jury!
The ladies got all glammed up for the premiere of Dune on Friday (September 3) in Venice, Italy. Make sure to check out what the cast of Dune wore on the red carpet at the premiere.
Dune will be released in theaters and on HBO Max on October 22. Cynthia and Sarah were among the many stars who helped kick off the festival earlier this week on its opening night!
FYI: Cynthia is wearing a Schiaparelli Couture dress. Sarah is wearing an Alexandre Vauthier dress. Click through the gallery for more photos of Cynthia Erivo and Sarah Gadon on the red carpet…
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