So why does it seem as if she might have been born to play the iconic Wicked Witch of the West in “Wicked,” Jon M. Chu’s musical movie adaptation of author Gregory Maguire’s 1995 “Wizard of Oz” prequel novel and its 2003 Broadway musical?

Everyone is fitted; everybody wore either a wig or a hairpiece,” the film’s lead makeup designer Frances Hannon told Glamour. That included “something like 17 wigs” including stand-ins and backups for Cynthia Erivo,

There may be almost a full year to go before Wicked: For Good hits theaters, but star Cynthia Erivo is keeping things magical on the red carpet tonight at the Golden Globes.