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’ interviews: why are people calling Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande “weird”?
nme.comWicked fans have been left baffled by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande‘s promotional interviews for the film.During their press run, the pair have seemingly remained in character, regularly breaking down in tears.
In a more recent interview, which has now gone viral, Erivo gave a bizarre response to a journalist from Out magazine.“I’ve seen this week people are taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity’ and really holding space with that and feeling power in that,” journalist Tracy E.
Gilchrist said, referring to the musical’s anthem.This led to an overdramatic response from Erivo, who replied: “I didn’t know that was happening.
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