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 fans in 'disbelief' as surprise featurette dropped ahead of cinema release
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWicked fans have been treated to a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the film's incredible set ahead of its cinema release. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Micheele Yeoh star in the big-screen adaptation of the smash hit musical.
Directed by Jon M.Chu, it follows the untold stories of the witches of Oz from the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Building The World of Wicked was dropped on YouTube on Wednesday (July 24).
It shows off the breath-taking world of Oz, including the construction of Emerald City and Munchkinland. Some nine million tulips were grown and it features a real, huge green train that's so heavy, it takes two days to move. READ MORE: The hidden Netflix drama fans say is better than Game of Thrones READ MORE: Emily in Paris fans have same complaint about 'annoying' Netflix trend after watching latest trailer M.Chu explains: "We knew we wanted Wicked to be immersive...
If you want to be inside that world, you've got to build it." Erivo and Grande also appear in the featurette, explaining what it's like to work on such an enchanting set.
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