Cynthia Erivo (/əˈriːvoʊ/;[1] born 8 January 1987)[2] is an English actress and singer. She gained recognition for starring in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Erivo ventured into films in 2018, playing roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. For her portrayal of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet (2019), Erivo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also wrote and performed the song "Stand Up" on its soundtrack, which garnered her a nomination in the Best Original Song category.
On television, Erivo had her first role in the British series Chewing Gum (2015). She went on to star in the crime drama miniseries The Outsider (2020), and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of American singer Aretha Franklin in National Geographic's anthology series Genius: Aretha (2021).
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CynthiaErivo (/əˈriːvoʊ/; born 8 January 1987) is an English actress and singer. She gained recognition for starring in the Broadway revival of The Color...
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by CynthiaErivo. She has won a Tony Award, Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award, and been nominated...
Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars CynthiaErivo and Ariana Grande, with Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey...
Drew Goddard. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Jeff Bridges, CynthiaErivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth...
David Harewood, who succeeded Kenneth Branagh in February 2024, with CynthiaErivo appointed vice president. The chairman is Marcus Ryder, who succeeded...
by Robert Silverberg. The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto, CynthiaErivo, Orlando Bloom, and Jadyn Wong. Needle in a Timestack was released in...
Annual Grammy Awards in honour of Stephen Sondheim, alongside Ben Platt, CynthiaErivo, and Leslie Odom Jr. She was initially not invited to attend the 94th...
Mr. Mercedes (which dramatised the three Bill Hodges novels), and by CynthiaErivo in the miniseries adaptation of The Outsider. Richard Price, the developer...
Also for Netflix, Serkis is scheduled to star alongside Idris Elba and CynthiaErivo in a new TV movie of Elba's show, Luther. In 2022, Serkis returned to...
Actress in a Musical. The role is currently slated to be played by CynthiaErivo in the upcoming two-part film adaptation of the musical. Actresses billed...
Purple, the winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. CynthiaErivo, who portrayed the character Celie, won the Tony for Best Performance...
production budget. That same year, he starred alongside Jeff Bridges, CynthiaErivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, and Chris Hemsworth in Bad...
visibility during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, most notably when CynthiaErivo and Shoshana Bean, with piano accompaniment by Stephen Schwartz, performed...
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