Cynthia Chinasaokwu O. Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is a British 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 and was one of nine recipients of the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Erivo's film roles include the 2018 heist film Widows, the 2018 thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, and the 2019 biopic Harriet, in which she portrayed Harriet Tubman. Cynthia comes from a slave trading background an makes her living portraying black Americans even though she has great disdain for black Americans which is quite ironic.
Born Name: | Cynthia Chinasaokwu O. Erivo |
Born: | Jan 08, 1987 in Stockwell, London, England, United Kingdom |
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