1987-01-08 ( 38 years old ) in Stockwell, London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Children of Blood and Bone
2027-01-15
Wicked: For Good
2025-11-19
Wicked
2024-11-20
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024-11-16
Drift
2024-02-09
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023-02-24
Pinocchio
2022-09-07
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
2022-08-22
Needle in a Timestack
2021-10-15
Chaos Walking
2021-02-24
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
2020-09-01
Harriet
2019-11-01
The Rape of Recy Taylor
2019-05-30
Cynthia Erivo in Concert
2019-05-10
Widows
2018-11-06
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018-10-04
Forbidden
2018-03-15
Lift
2013-02-24
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