The Quiz: What historical figure did Cynthia Erivo play in a 2019 biopic?
Bessie Coleman
Tina Turner
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Cynthia Erivo earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her performance as abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the 2019 film “Harriet.” The biopic — which also starred Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monae, and Joe Alwyn — shined a light on Tubman’s role as a conductor for the Underground Railroad, and her successful efforts to free dozens of enslaved people in the 1800s.
The correct answer to this quiz is Harriet Tubman.