Cynthia Erivo celebrated her second consecutive Golden Globe nomination Evil.
The Harriet star achieved a major milestone when she became the first black woman to be nominated twice in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category.
The Grammy winner took to her Instagram to acknowledge the achievement and express her gratitude to friends and family who supported her throughout the journey.
“WOW!!! What lovely news to receive live from @draculawestend’s rehearsal space. Honored to be nominated once again for this film,” she wrote.
Erivo added: “It’s been a beautiful journey playing this character and this is the cherry on top. This whole journey could never have been possible without the wonderful leadership of my brother and glorious director @jonmchu and producer extraordinaire that everyone could only wish for, Marc Platt.”
Besides her, co-star Ariana Grande also got a nod in Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture, with the British actress writing: “Congratulations to my sweet sister @arianagrande! Thank you @goldenglobes!!”
Erivo has been nominated alongside Rose Byrne (If I had legs, I’d kick you), Kate Hudson (The song sung blue), Chase Infiniti (One match after another), Amanda Seyfried (Ann Lee Will) and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Wicked: Too Good received five nominations, including Best Original Song – Motion Picture for No place like home and The girl in the bubble.
Previously, the film earned four nominations, however neither Grande nor Erivo won awards for their performances in the film, the film won the ceremony’s Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, for which it is also nominated this year.
