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.
'Wicked' Director Explains Why Film Isn't Labeled 'Part 1' in Promo Material
justjared.comThe Wicked movie is being released in two parts, with Part 1 being released this coming November and Part 2 in November of 2025.
Well, many have been wondering why the film is titled Wicked and not Wicked: Part One. Director Jon M. Chu is now responding to this question.
By the way, the film stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Ethan Slater as Boq, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Bronwyn James as ShenShen, and Peter Dinklage as the voice of Doctor Dillamond. Keep reading to find out more… Jon told EW, “This isn’t half the homework.
If we were going to split it into two, we need to make sure that movie one is emotionally satisfying and by the end, you feel like that was a f-king movie.
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