Cynthia Erivo Nearly Gave Up Singing To Be A Spinal SurgeonGuardian Life — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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Nigerian-British actress and Grammy winning singer Cynthia Erivo disclosed that she nearly gave up singing to be a spinal surgeon.

The “Harriet” star revealed this in a chat with Emmy winning American actress Alfre Woodard on Variety’s “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors”.

Erivo said she had been singing since she was toddler. Her mother noticed she’d hum while eating her food when she was just 18 months old, and wrote down in her baby book that she’d go on to be a singer.

However, that natural talent was almost wasted when she was in high school.

“I had a real weird phase when I was about 16. I just stopped doing it for a second. I got shy,” Erivo said.

“Everyone around me in my class, they wanted to be doctors, lawyers, nurses and I didn’t want that. I wanted to sing and act, but I felt weird because nobody else in my class would do it. I was in a class full of people who were brain boxes. I happened to be able to keep up with all…



Source: Guardian Newspaper