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.

Filmography

• 2027Bad Fairies — Jayne Staplegun (voice)
• 2027Children of Blood and Bone — Admiral Kaea
• 2027Karoshi
• 2026Prima Facie — Tessa Ensler, Executive Producer
• E.B. White's Charlotte's Web — Goose (voice)
• RoboGobo — The Slink (voice)
• 2025Wicked: For Good — Elphaba
• 2024Drift — Jacqueline Kamara, Producer
• 2024Wicked — Elphaba
• 2023Grandpa Was an Emperor — Executive Producer
• 2023Luther: The Fallen Sun — Odette Raine
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Dr. Ojo (voice)
• Poker Face — Amber / Delia / Cece / Bebe Kazinsky / Felicity Price
• 2022Pinocchio — Blue Fairy
• Roar — Ambia
• 2021Chaos Walking — Hildy
• 2021Needle in a Timestack — Janine Mikkelsen
• Star Wars: Visions — Kratu (voice)
• 2020Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway — Performer
• 2020The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! — Turtleneck Superstar (voice)
• The Outsider — Holly Gibney
• 2019Cynthia Erivo: Live from Lincoln Center
• 2019Harriet — Harriet Tubman, Songs
• 2019School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play — Eloise
• 2019The Rape of Recy Taylor — Rosa Parks
• 2018Bad Times at the El Royale — Darlene Sweet
• 2018Forbidden
• The Boss Baby: Back in Business — Turtleneck Superstar CEO Baby (voice)
• 2018Widows — Belle
• Big Mouth — Missy's Vagina (voice)
• Genius — Aretha Franklin
• Chewing Gum — Magdalene
• Broad City — Lisa
• 2013Lift — Lap Dancer
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Blink Speed — Producer
• Carrier — Raylene, Producer
• I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical — Chenice
• Othello — Emilia
• Saturation Point — Producer
• Steel — Executive Producer
• Talent Show
• The Road Home — Miriam 'Mama Africa' Makeba

Appearances as themselves (54)

• Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Host
• 2026Variety’s Power of Women London — Self
• 2025Making Wicked: For Good — Self
• Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
• 2025The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — Self
• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2025Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek — Self
• 2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self
• Celebrity Substitute — Self
• 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked — Self
• 2024Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl — Self
• Hollywood Black — Self
• 2024Making Wicked — Self
• Simone Biles Rising — Self
• 2023Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration — Self
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self - Roundtable Talent
• 2022Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms — Self
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2021Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Phone a Friend
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Amazing Saturday — Self
• American Idol — Self
• 2017Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees — Self - Presenter
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED — Self - Guest Judge
• The Voice — Self - Advisor
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Guest
• Project Runway — Self - Guest
• Strictly Come Dancing — Self - Guest Mentor
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Live from Lincoln Center — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Great Performances — Self - Performer
• The Grammys — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee