Cynthia Erivo celebrated her second consecutive Golden Globe nomination for Wicked.
He harriet The star achieved a major milestone by becoming the first black woman to be nominated twice in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category.
The Grammy winner took to her Instagram to acknowledge the achievement and express her gratitude to the friends and family who supported her throughout the journey.
“WOW!!! What nice news to receive live from @draculawestend’s rehearsal room. It’s an honor 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 icing on the cake. This entire journey could never have been possible without the wonderful leadership of my brother and glorious director @jonmchu and the extraordinary producer everyone could ask for, Marc Platt.”
In addition to her, her co-star Ariana Grande also earned a nomination for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture, in which the British actress wrote, “Congratulations to my sweet sister @arianagrande! Thank you @goldenglobes!”
Erivo has been nominated alongside Rose Byrne (If I had legs I would kick you), Kate Hudson (blue sung song), Chase Infiniti (One battle after another), Amanda Seyfried (Ann Lee’s Will) and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Evil: forever received five nominations, including Best Original Song – Motion Picture for No place like home and The bubble girl.
The film previously earned four nominations, however, neither Grande nor Erivo won awards for their performances in the film, the film did win the ceremony’s Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, for which it is also nominated this year.
