Cynthia Erivo
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.
Movies (31)
Bad Fairies
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Making Wicked: For Good
2025
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2025
Wicked: For Good
2025
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
Making Wicked
2024
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
Wicked
2024
Drift
2024
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
Pinocchio
2022
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
2022
Needle in a Timestack
2021
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
2021
Chaos Walking
2021
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
2020
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020
Harriet
2019
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
2019
The Rape of Recy Taylor
2019
Cynthia Erivo: Live from Lincoln Center
2019
Widows
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
Forbidden
2018
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017
Prima Facie
I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical
TV Shows (58)
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
RoboGobo
2025
Celebrity Substitute
2024
Hollywood Black
2024
Simone Biles Rising
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Poker Face
2023
Sherri
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022
Roar
2022
Star Wars: Visions
2021
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
The Outsider
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Amazing Saturday
2018
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018
American Idol
2018
Big Mouth
2017
Genius
2017
Quotidien
2016
To Tell the Truth
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Chewing Gum
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Broad City
2014
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
The Voice
2011
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Project Runway
2004
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The View
1997
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Great Performances
1971
The Grammys
1959
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944