Cynthia Erivo
Acting
- Born:
- 1987-01-08
- Place of birth:
- Stockwell, London, England, UK
Biography
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo MBE(/əˈriːvoʊ/ ə-REE-voh; born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, musician, and songwriter. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of the few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar. Erivo made her West End debut in the stage musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2011), and her Broadway debut as Celie in the musical revival of The Color Purple (2015–2017). Erivo's work for The Color Purple won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award. She expanded to films in 2018 with the crime thrillers Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale. Erivo earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019) and Elphaba in Wicked (2024), as well as a nomination for Best Original Song for the song "Stand Up" from the former. For reprising her role as Elphaba in Wicked: For Good (2025), she became the first black actress to be nominated twice for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. On television, Erivo portrayed Holly Gibney in the HBO crime drama miniseries The Outsider (2020) and Aretha Franklin in National Geographic's anthology series Genius: Aretha (2021); the latter earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. As a singer, she has released singles and two solo albums in 2021 and 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Erivo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Bad Fairies
Karoshi
Children of Blood and Bone
Prima Facie
Variety’s Power of Women London
Saturday Night Live UK
Making Wicked: For Good
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Number One on the Call Sheet
RoboGobo
Making Wicked
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Celebrity Substitute
Wicked
Hollywood Black
Simone Biles Rising
Drift
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Poker Face
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Pinocchio
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Roar
Needle in a Timestack
Star Wars: Visions
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Chaos Walking
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
The Outsider
Harriet
The Kelly Clarkson Show
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Cynthia Erivo: Live from Lincoln Center
Widows
Bad Times at the El Royale
Amazing Saturday
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
Forbidden
American Idol
Big Mouth
Genius
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Quotidien
To Tell the Truth
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Chewing Gum
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Chicken Shop Date
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Broad City
Lift
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
The Voice
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Graham Norton Show
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Strictly Come Dancing
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
The Daily Show
Later... with Jools Holland
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Live from Lincoln Center
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Great Performances
The Grammys
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Blink Speed
Talent Show
I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical
Othello
Carrier
The Road Home