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“I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this”: John Boyega’s Hyde Park speech Celebrity Buzz “I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this”: John Boyega’s Hyde Park speech On 3 June 2020, Star Wars actor John Boyega spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest in London's Hyde Park, saying he did not know whether he would still have a career afterwards. The Nigerian-British actor went on to work more, not less. A Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy before her first Oscar nomination: Cynthia Erivo, one award short of EGOT Celebrity Buzz A Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy before her first Oscar nomination: Cynthia Erivo, one award short of EGOT Cynthia Erivo, the British actress and singer of Nigerian heritage, won a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy for The Color Purple on Broadway. Her roles as Harriet Tubman and Elphaba in Wicked brought Oscar nominations. An Oscar would complete her EGOT. Chiwetel Ejiofor survived the car crash that killed his father. He became the face of 12 Years a Slave Movies & TV Chiwetel Ejiofor survived the car crash that killed his father. He became the face of 12 Years a Slave Chiwetel Ejiofor, the British actor of Nigerian heritage, was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for 12 Years a Slave and won the BAFTA. As a child he survived a car crash in Nigeria that killed his father. He later directed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.