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Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo 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.
Born
Thursday, 08 January 1987
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wicked | Elphaba | 2024 |
| Pinocchio | Blue Fairy | 2022 |
| Roar | Ambia | 2022 |
| One Perfect Shot | Self | 2022 |
| The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee | 2022 |
| Fraggle Rock | The Archivist | 2022 |
| Needle in a Timestack | Janine Mikkelsen | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2021 |
| Moments Within Moments | Self | 2021 |
| Soul of a Nation | Self | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Nominated |
| 2020 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2020 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) | Nominated |
| 2020 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 2020 | Golden Globe | Best Original Song - Motion Picture | Nominated |
