Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo (2018)

Cynthia Chinasaokwu O. Erivo (born January 8, 1987 in London ) is a British actress and singer . For her portrayal of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple , she received a Tony Award in 2016 and a Grammy and an Emmy in 2017 . For her portrayal of Harriet Tubman in the period film Harriet , she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for best actress in 2020 .

Life

Cynthia Erivo was born in London to Nigerian parents and grew up in Stockwell, London . She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts .

Theater and musical

After graduation, she stood in the piece Marine Parade by Simon Stephens at the Brighton Festival 2010 on stage at the Theater Royal Stratford East , she sang in the musical I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky by John Adams . In 2011, she sang the role of Madeleine in the stage version of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg . This was followed by an engagement in the Musical Sister Act , where she appeared on stage as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence.

In 2013 she sang the role of Celie in the musical adaptation of the novel Die Farbe Lila (The Color Purple) at the West End Theater Menier Chocolate Factory . In the world premiere of the musical I Can't Sing! In 2014 she sang the female lead Chenice, alongside Nigel Harman in the role of Simon Cowell, in Harry Hill's The X Factor Musical by Harry Hill at the London Palladium .

In December 2015, she premiered as Celine in The Color Purple at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on Broadway in New York City, alongside Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery and Danielle Brooks as Sofia. For her performance, she was honored with a Tony Award in the category Best Actress in a Musical in 2016 and received a Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program in 2017 . For the recording, she was also recognized in the 2017 Grammy Awards in the Best Musical Theater Album category.

Movie and TV

She had her first episode roles in television series such as Chewing Gum (2015), Mr Selfridge and The Tunnel (The Tunnel) (2016).

Your movie debut was in 2018 with the thriller Widows - Deadly widows (Widows) by Steve McQueen , where in addition to Viola Davis , Elizabeth Debicki and Michelle Rodriguez played the role of the nanny Belle. For her portrayal of Darlene Sweet in the US mystery thriller Bad Times at the El Royale by Drew Goddard , she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards in 2019 .

For the historical film Harriet by Kasi Lemmons , she played the title role of escape helper Harriet Tubman in front of the camera. Her acting performance earned her a nomination in the category Best Actress at the 2020 Academy Awards . She also shot for the science fiction film Chaos Walking by Doug Liman , where she played the role of Hildy. In the HBO miniseries The Outsider based on the novel The Outsider by Stephen King , she took on the role of Holly Gibney.

In late June 2020, Erivo became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . In July 2020 it was announced that she would take on the lead role in the musical film Talent Show , directed by Gandja Monteiro.

Awards and nominations

Tony Award 2016

Grammy Awards 2017

Daytime Emmy Award 2017

  • Award in the category Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program

British Academy Film Awards 2019

London Critics' Circle Film Award 2019

Saturn Award ceremony 2019

Hollywood Film Awards 2019

  • Award with the Hollywood Breakout Actress Award for Harriet

Satellite Awards 2019

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2020

Golden Globe Awards 2020

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020

Academy Awards 2020

BET Awards 2020

  • Nomination for Best Actress for Harriet

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Cynthia Erivo  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cynthia Erivo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ a b Cynthia Erivo in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Cynthia Erivo wins Daytime Emmy for 'The Color Purple,' is now just an Oscar away from EGOT. April 29, 2017, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b "The Irishman", "1917" and "Joker" in the Oscar race. In: ORF.at . January 13, 2020, accessed January 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ A Star Is Born! Meet Cynthia Erivo, Who Plays Celie at John Doyle's London Premiere of The Color Purple. July 17, 2013, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ RADA: Cynthia Erivo. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Leading Ladies: Cynthia Erivo - 'I want to do everything'. November 19, 2014, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Cynthia Erivo: 'You have to drag me off the stage'. November 19, 2014, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  9. ↑ The Color Purple - review: Menier Chocolate Factory, London. July 21, 2013, accessed July 13, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Stephen King's "The Outsider" as a series: In their grief they strike. In: DerStandard.at . January 9, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  11. ^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ More diversity: Oscar Academy is becoming more feminine and less white. In: Deutschlandfunk.de . July 1, 2020, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Wencke Schimmelpfennig: "Harriet" star Cynthia Erivo with a new musical film. In: kinoundco.de. July 22, 2020, accessed July 23, 2020 .
  14. ↑ "Harriet": Goosebumps trailer for the controversially discussed slave biopic. July 28, 2019, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  15. ↑ BAFTA Awards: EE Rising Star Award in 2019. Accessed July 13, 2019 .
  16. ↑ The 45th Annual Saturn Awards: 2019 Nominations ( Memento from July 27, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Patrick Hipes: Hollywood Film Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List. In: deadline.com. November 3, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 .
  18. ^ Karen M. Peterson: 24th Satellite Awards Announce Nominations, 'Ford v Ferrari' Leads the Way. In: awardscircuit.com, December 3, 2019.
  19. ↑ Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Irishman' Leads With 14 Nominations. In: hollywoodreporter.com. December 8, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Yohana Desta: Golden Globe Nominations 2020: Full List of Nominees Here. In: vanityfair.com. December 9, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  21. ↑ BET Awards 2020: The most important nominees. In: loomee-tv.de. June 17, 2020, accessed June 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Erivo, Cynthia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erivo, Cynthia Chinasaokwu O. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH London