Age: 39
female
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo MBE(/əˈriːvoʊ/ ə-REE-voh; born 8 January 1987) is an British-American actress, singer, musician, and songwriter. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of the few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar. Erivo made her West End debut in the stage musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2011), and her Broadway debut as Celie in the musical revival of The Color Purple (2015–2017). Erivo's work for The Color Purple won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award. She expanded to films in 2018 with the crime thrillers Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale. Erivo earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019) and Elphaba in Wicked (2024), as well as a nomination for Best Original Song for the song "Stand Up" from the former. For reprising her role as Elphaba in Wicked: For Good (2025), she became the first black actress to be nominated twice for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. On television, Erivo portrayed Holly Gibney in the HBO crime drama miniseries The Outsider (2020) and Aretha Franklin in National Geographic's anthology series Genius: Aretha (2021); the latter earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. As a singer, she has released singles and two solo albums in 2021 and 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Erivo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cynthia Erivo
Elphaba the Wicked
for Elphaba the Wicked in THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (after "Wicked")
Suggested by enzotakerian
This remake will take place in the same universe as the most-recent "Wicked" movie with Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as the Wicked Witch of the West. A little girl in Kansas named Dorothy Gale is hurled away by a tornado (along with her house and her dog, Toto), to a magical land called "Oz." Upon arriving, she is welcomed by a good witch named Glinda and the Munchkins. Her house crushed a wicked witch to death, resulting in their freedom. Not quite though. The Wicked Witch of the West vows to avenge her sister by all means possibly, like killing a Kansas girl. To go home, Dorothy follows the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City and meet the Wizard of Oz to grant to her wish. Along the way, she meets a talking Scarecrow in need of a brain, a Tin Man in need of a heart, and a Cowardly Lion in need of courage.
