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 petition the movie adaptation producers to NOT cast James Corden
dailymail.co.ukFollowing the news that Universal's long-gestating movie adaptation of Wicked has cast Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, fans have demanded that another movie musical regular not be cast: James Corden.Mikel Miller started a petition on Change.orgon Friday against the potential casting of the 43-year-old talk show host and actor.While there has been no indication that he's being considered for a role, the petition has been among the highest-signed on Change.org with over 52,000 people signing in just four days.
Wicked cast: Following the news that Universal's long-gestating movie adaptation of Wicked has cast Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, fans have demanded that another movie musical regular not be cast: James Corden No James:Mikel Miller.
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