Musican-actor Cynthia Erivo talks to Deadline about the importance of playing Elphana and her Oscar nominations

Cynthia Erivo impressed everyone in 2024's movie adaptation of Wicked, but she did an incredible job in a fascinating Stephen King miniseries.

In just one short week since “Wicked” became available to watch (and singalong with) at home, the digital edition of the smash-hit musical (the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in global box office history!

Cynthia Erivo’s moment is here. The newly minted Oscar nominee from “Wicked” arrived at the Sundance Film Festival to receive a Visionary Award on Friday and the actress, who made a splash ...

Erivo's Oscar nomination comes as part of a string of successes for 'Wicked', the musical fantasy film directed by Jon M Chu. The film has received 10 nominations, including one for Best Picture, which was announced by producer Marc Platt.

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The 2025 Oscar nominations spotlight a significant slice of the best films of 2024, with this year’s nominees ranging the gamut from are all set to recognize an incredible range of movies, including Pope-picking drama Conclave, Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and Jesse Eisenberg’s intimate character study A Real Pain.

Wicked, led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, hopes its 10 Oscar nominations fuel ticket sales in the US as it chases Frozen 2’s $477M domestic record, with $466.2M already banked.

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Among the categories in which “Wicked” was nominated is the top prize of Best Picture. Also Oscar-nominated are both of the film’s stars, Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo in the category of Actress in a Leading Role for her turn as Elphaba and Broadway alum Ariana Grande as Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Glinda.