Cynthia Erivo is depraved good, and GLAAD is aware of it.
The advocacy group mentioned Wednesday that the Wicked star will obtain its Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is introduced to a LGBTQ media skilled who has made a major distinction in elevating visibility and selling acceptance of LGBTQ folks and points. The singer, actor and drive for fairness and inclusion can be lauded at the thirty sixth annual GLAAD Media Awards on March 27 in Los Angeles.
Erivo’s much-honored profession features a Tony, Grammy and Daytime Emmy for 2016’s The Color Purple to go together with a Primetime Emmy nomination and three Oscar noms. She is vying once more in this 12 months’s stacked Best Actress Oscar race for Wicked, and reprises her Elphaba function within the upcoming bookender Wicked: For Good, which hits theaters November 21.
Wicked is also nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Theatrical Release at subsequent month’s GLAAD Media Awards.
Erivo earned a pair of Oscar noms — Best Actress and Original Song (“Stand Up”) — for 2019’s Harriet, through which she performed Underground Railroad engineer Harriet Tubman. Her movie credit additionally embrace Pinocchio (2022), Chaos Walking, Bad Times on the El Royale and Widows, together with the upcoming Carrier and Children of Blood and Bone.
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She starred at Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in Genius, and her dozens of TV credit embrace The Outsider, Broad City and voice roles in Star Wars: Visions, Carrier and others. Erivo additionally has recorded quite a few podcasts.
“From an outspoken ally to a trailblazing member of the community, Cynthia Erivo’s one-of-a-kind voice has been an integral part of accelerating acceptance for LGBTQ people since she came on the scene over a decade ago,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis mentioned in a press release. “Her legacy is defined not by her numerous accolades and honors but by how with each new platform and milestone, she continues to show up for Black, queer, and other marginalized peoples amid her well-deserved success.”
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