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Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Erivo (/ ə ˈ r iː v oʊ / ə-REE-voh; [2] born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Erivo is one of several stars featured in the outlet’s 2025 edition of W’s “Best Performances” series, in which she gives insight into her journey prior to becoming a Tony and Grammy ...
Born and raised in the Stockwell neighborhood of London, Erivo trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before appearing as Deloris Van Cartier in the U.K. tour of the Sister Act musical. She ...
Cynthia Erivo, for “Wicked” ... And that was this film, all my life experience from childhood until now.” — In an interview. Yura Borisov, for “Anora” ...
Elphaba Thropp (/ ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p /) is the protagonist in the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, its musical theatre adaptation, and the musical's two-part film adaptation, Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).
In 2020 Erivo starred in american miniseries The Outsider, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Awards and the Critics' Choice Super Awards. [7] The following year she acted as Aretha Franklin in television series Genius: Aretha , receiving critical acclaim, with nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards , the Golden Globe Awards ...
Cynthia Erivo learned to hold it all in when she was in her Wicked costume.. During an appearance on the Nov. 15 episode of the podcast Sentimental Men, the actress, 37, said she refused to use ...
Cynthia Erivo knows how to do this. Erivo has already dazzled audiences with her powerhouse performances on stage and screen. Still, her turn as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” has cemented ...