
Cynthia Erivo is currently starring in Dracula in the West End.
Erivo is known for her Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning performances and her Academy Award nominations, making her a rare 'EGOT' nominee. Her groundbreaking stage work includes her Tony Award-winning performance as Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway, Deloris Van Cartier in the UK tour of Sister Act, and Chenice in I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical at the London Palladium.
Erivo received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and a Grammy Award in 2017 for Best Musical Theater Album for The Color Purple.
On screen, she is best known for starring in the Wicked films as Elphaba.
Photo credit: Mark Seliger
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