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.
'Yes, I am the winner!' Kate Winslet jubilant as she accepts Emmy for Mare of Easttown
dailymail.co.ukKate Winslet was a picture of happiness during Sunday's Emmys, as she accepted the honors for Outstanding Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her performance in Mare of Easttown.'Yes, I am the winner!' Winslet, 45, said. 'Thank you so much.'In her speech, Winslet said she saluted the other women she was up against in the category, including Michaela Coel, Cynthia Erivo, Elizabeth Olsen and Anya Taylor-Joy.
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