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.
What time is Strictly Come Dancing on tonight as the show is moved again?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe stakes are getting higher on Strictly Come Dancing as the grand final edges ever closer. And viewers of the BBC One dance contest are in for a treat this weekend.
The ballroom will be transformed into its very own Strictly theatre for Musicals Week, the last themed week of the series. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be back to steer the Strictly ship and the judges will be on hand to cast a careful eye over every move. READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing announces Cynthia Erivo will replace Craig Revel Horwood as judge But there will be one person missing.
When the show returns at the earlier time of 6.35pm on Saturday on BBC One , Craig Revel Horwood will be absent from the panel after testing positive for coronavirus earlier
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