Vegan actor Cynthia Erivo has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the 2025 film Wicked: For Good.<\/p>\n
Erivo is the first Black woman to receive two lead actress nominations in the Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy category, following her previous nomination for Wicked: Part I in 2024. The 2026 Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 11.<\/p>\n
Read more: <\/strong>The Best Stories Of 2025: Takeout Recipes, An 87-Year-Old Runner, And British Royalty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Erivo called the nomination a \u201cbeautiful, beautiful surprise.\u201d She and her co-stars filmed both Wicked movies back-to-back in 2024 in a single 160-day shoot, even though they were released a year apart.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a bit of a whirlwind from the beginning of the first film right through to this moment here. I don\u2019t know that any experience is comparable. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve experienced anything like it,\u201d Erivo said.<\/p>\n In addition to Erivo, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Chase Infiniti, Amanda Seyfried, and Emma Stone have all been nominated in the leading actress category. Before Erivo\u2019s second nomination, only 12 Black women had ever been nominated for the prize.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be nominated twice with this movie is really special,\u201d Erivo said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a testament to the work of Jon Chu and every single other person who has touched this set \u2013 Ari[ana Grande] and Jonathan [Bailey] and Marc Platt, who is our wonderful producer. Everyone has done such beautiful work, and I feel very lucky to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more: <\/strong>\u2018Wicked\u2019 Stars Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Are Both Plant-Based<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Erivo and her Wicked co-star Grande follow a vegan diet, while Jeff Goldblum, who played the Wizard of Oz, adopted a vegetarian diet shortly before Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Erivo has been vegan since 2013. She appeared on the Dish Podcast last year, where she discussed<\/a> her favorite dishes, restaurants, and the \u201cnew wave\u201d of vegan food.<\/p>\n She said at the time that one of her favorite places to eat is The Aubrey, a Japanese restaurant and bar in London, UK. Erivo described the eatery\u2019s vegan food as \u201cbeautiful,\u201d and highlighted its \u201camazing\u201d agedashi tofu. She also described the menu as \u201creally warming,\u201d and added, \u201cIt\u2019s kinda like comfort food.\u201d<\/p>\n Erivo is currently preparing for a one-woman production of Dracula<\/a> in the West End, which will see her play 23 different roles. She has previously been nominated for an Oscar three times, and won a TONY, an Emmy, and a Grammy for her work on The Color Purple (2015 \u2013 2017). Erivo is also a musician, singer, and songwriter.<\/p>\n\u2018It\u2019s kinda like comfort food\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Adobe Stock<\/span> Around 10 million people saw Wicked: For Good in its first few days alone<\/div>\n