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Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino 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 three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Erivo says she was inspired to create the heart-wrenching ballad while listening to “Father, Father” by British soul singer Laura Mvula. The actor says she ended up texting Mvula, who agreed ...
Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard.It stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionist Harriet Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.
Cynthia Erivo was first considered for a lead role while working on Widows. She submitted two audition tapes to casting director Carmen Cuba and was cast on August 29, 2017. [34] [35] [36] When asked about Erivo's audition process, Goddard said he "felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck. It was pretty exciting the day she walked in, that ...
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are the latest stars to step into the iconic roles of Glinda ... talented girl named Elphaba whose father shunned her because she was born with green skin after her ...
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo skyrocketed to fame for her role as Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple.With her role as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the musical Wicked ...
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 is at the center of another controversy after offering a “rude” response to an interviewer during the premiere of Wicked, the film adaptation of the famous Broadway musical set ...