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Cynthia Erivo
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Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo (born January 8, 1987) is a British actress and singer who first gained recognition for her lead role as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, earning a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. She transitioned to film with Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Widows (2018) before portraying Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019), a performance that earned her nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also co-wrote and performed the film’s song Stand Up, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. On television, Erivo starred in The Outsider (2020) and portrayed Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha (2021), receiving nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2024, she starred as Elphaba in Wicked, the film adaptation of the stage musical, earning awards nominations at the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards.
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Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo (born January 8, 1987) is a British actress and singer who first gained recognition for her lead role as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, earning a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. She transitioned to film with Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Widows (2018) before portraying Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019), a performance that earned her nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also co-wrote and performed the film’s song Stand Up, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. On television, Erivo starred in The Outsider (2020) and portrayed Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha (2021), receiving nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2024, she starred as Elphaba in Wicked, the film adaptation of the stage musical, earning awards nominations at the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Tony Awards
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
The Daily Show
Project Runway
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
Broad City
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
RuPaul's Drag Race
Big Mouth
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Poker Face
Star Wars: Visions
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Grammys
The Late Late Show with James Corden
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Strictly Come Dancing
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
The Voice
Chewing Gum
American Idol
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Number One on the Call Sheet
Simone Biles Rising
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
RoboGobo
Chaos Walking
Children of Blood and Bone
Roar
Pinocchio
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Widows
Genius
Needle in a Timestack
Luther: The Fallen Sun
The Outsider
Bad Times at the El Royale
Raising Wild
Wicked: For Good
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
Harriet
Wicked
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Production Credits
Wicked
Raising Wild
Harriet
Wicked: For Good
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