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.
Zendaya, Eva Longoria, Cynthia Erivo and Awkwafina asked to join The Academy
dailymail.co.ukThe Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has invited 819 new people to join the organization this year, including Zendaya, Eva Longoria, Cynthia Erivo, Awkwafina and John David Washington.Of those invited to The Academy this year, 36% are people of color.The new invitees were announced on Tuesday by The Academy, the organization which puts on the Oscars.If they accept, which most do, those in the new class will have voting privileges at this year's Oscars.The massive 2020 list includes a diverse swath of people from all sectors of the industry, from acting to publicity to costume design.
New invitees: The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has invited 819 new people to join the organization this year, including Zendaya,.
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