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' Movie Stars Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Attend Michelle Yeoh's Celebration of Oscar Win in London!
justjared.comAriana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are showing support for their Wicked co-star Michelle Yeoh!
The ladies stepped out to attend Michelle‘s celebration of her Oscar win on Sunday night (March 26) at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel in London, England. Michelle won Best Actress at the Oscars two weeks ago for her work in the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.
She is currently playing Madame Morrible in the Wicked movies, which will be released in 2024 and 2025. Ariana is starring as Glinda and Cynthia is taking on the role of Elphaba.
Also in attendance at the party, but not pictured, were Ethan Slater, who is playing Boq, and Jon M.
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