Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT rights activist whose career has spanned over four decades. Her debut solo album She's So Unusual (1983), was an instant commercial success. The album was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night," earning Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with her second record, True Colors (1986), which included the number one hit of the same name and "Change of Heart," which peaked at number 3 and earned Lauper two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987. Since 1989, Lauper has released nine studio albums to varying critical acclaim; and has participated in several other projects. Her most recent album, the Grammy-nominated Memphis Blues, became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the "Billboard" blues charts for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2011, Lauper released an autobiography detailing her battle with child abuse and depression; which became New York Times Best Seller. In 2013, Lauper completed writing both the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which led it to the 2013 Tony Awards with 13 nominations, and won six awards including Best Musical. The musical also won Best Score making Lauper the first woman to win the composing category solo. In 2013, she became the first artist to top the dance charts with a Broadway single in over 25 years. Over the course of her career, Lauper has released over 40 singles and (as of 2011) has sold more than 80 million albums, 20 million singles, and 1 million DVDs. She has won Grammy, Emmy, Tony, MTV VMA awards, Billboard and AMA. In 1999 VH1 ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Lauper is also one of only twenty artists to achieve "GET" status by winning competitive Grammy, Emmy and Tony awards.

Filmography

• 2025A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl — Self, Executive Producer
• The Horror of Dolores Roach — Ruthie
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Thanks
• 2020WAMEGO: Addendum
• Dark Side of the Ring
• 2019Kinky Boots: The Musical — Musical
• 2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! — Musical, Songs
• Magnum P.I. — Vanessa Nero
• 2017Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago — Self, Associate Producer
• Young Sheldon — Cyndi Lauper (voice)
• 2014Henry & Me — Nurse Cyndi (voice)
• Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual — Self, Creator
• Bob's Burgers — Performer ('Taffy Butt') (voice)
• Bubble Guppies — Ms. Goo Goo (voice)
• 2011Dirty Movie — Little Johnny's Mom
• 2009Here and There — Rose
• Gossip Girl — Cyndi Lauper
• 2007The Backyardigans: Super Secret Super Spy — (voice)
• 30 Rock — Cyndi Lauper
• Bones — Avalon Harmonia
• 2005The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie — Cyndi Lauper
• 2004Cyndi Lauper - Live... At Last — Self, Executive Producer
• Higglytown Heroes — Operator Hero (voice)
• The Backyardigans — Songs
• That's So Raven — Ms. Petuto
• 2002There Was an Old Lady — Narrated and Sung By (voice)
• 2000The Opportunists — Sally Mahon
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Pidge (voice)
• 1994Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some — Self, Director
• 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle — Picnic Guest (uncredited)
• 1993Life with Mikey — Geena Briganti
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Mad About You — Marianne Lugasso
• 1991Off and Running — Cyd Morse
• 1990Lennon: A Tribute
• 1990Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme — Mary (Had a Little Lamb)
• Countdown Revolution
• The Simpsons — Cyndi Lauper (voice)
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
• 1988Vibes — Sylvia Pickel
• 1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
• Pee-wee's Playhouse — Theme Song Performance
• 1986The Best of the WWF: volume 5 — Cyndi Lauper (Manager)
• 1985All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular — Self, Executive Producer
• 1985Girls Just Want to Have Fun — Woman in Diner (uncredited)
• 1985The Goonies — Theme Song Performance
• 1985The WWF's Amazing Managers — Cyndi Lauper
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event — Herself, Music Consultant
• 1985WrestleMania — Cyndi Lauper (Manager)
• Miami Vice — Songs
• Tuesday Night Titans — Cyndi Lauper

Appearances as themselves (102)

• 20269/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan — Self - "True Colors"
• 20252025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2025Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? — Self
• 2024Cyndi Lauper at the BBC — Self
• Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends — Self
• 2024Katy Perry - Rock In Rio 40 anos — Self
• Mr. McMahon — Self (archive footage)
• 2024The Greatest Night in Pop — Self
• 2024The World According to Allee Willis — Self
• 2023Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song — Self
• 2023Let the Canary Sing — Self
• 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• Once Upon a Time in Queens — Self
• 2019Cyndi Lauper: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)
• Lo Siguiente — Self - Performer
• 2015Cyndi Lauper - Front And Center Live — Self
• 2015Cyndi Lauper - Front and Center Presents — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Trailblazer Honors — Self - Honoree
• 2012WWE Survivor Series 2012 — Self
• 2011Cyndi Lauper: To Memphis With Love — Self - Singer
• 2011Lady Gaga: Out Of Control — Self (archive footage)
• The Voice — Self
• 2010Prince : Welcome 2 America - MSG New York — Self
• The Talk — Self
• 100 Most Shocking Music Moments — Self
• 2009Annul Victory — Self
• 2009O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar — Self (archive footage)
• 2009VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Formel Eins - Die Kultvideos Vol. 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Countdown - The Wonder Years 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Cyndi Lauper & Friends (Decades Rock Live) — Self
• 2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Davina — Self
• 2006Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig — Self
• 2006From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans — Self
• 2006WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology — Self
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List — Self
• 2005Lipstick & Dynamite — Self (archive footage)
• The Colbert Report — Self (uncredited)
• 2004Cyndi Lauper - Live From Soundstage — Self
• 2004Larry presents: Best of The 80s — Self
• 2004Live Eighties — Self
• Project Runway — Self - Guest Judge
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• 2004VH1 Divas 2004 — Self
• 2003A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request — Self
• Australian Idol — Self - Guest Judge
• Canadian Idol — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003Prachtig 80: Volume 1 — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2002VH1: Divas Las Vegas — Self
• 2000An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell — Self
• 2000Cyndi Lauper: Twelve Deadly Cyns — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• VH1 Divas — Self -Performer
• Glastonbury — Self
• The View — Self
• SMAP×SMAP — Self - Musical Guest
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmocize — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• 1994Bland svenska bögar och lesbiska i New York — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• Live & Kicking — Self
• 1990Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin — Self - Vocals
• Stars 90 — Self
• 1989Cyndi Lauper Live in Chile 1989 — Self
• Geld oder Liebe — Self
• 1989Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989 — Self
• 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues — Self
• This Morning — Self
• 1987Cyndi Lauper - Live in Paris — Self (vocals)
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Na siehste! — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• 1986Billy Joel: Building the Bridge — Self
• 1986Cyndi Lauper in Budokan — Self
• 1986The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano — Self
• 1985Best of the WWF Volume 1 — Self (Manager)
• 1985Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits — Self
• 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song — Self
• 1985Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• 1984WWE The Brawl to End it All — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Bananas — Self
• Top of the Pops — Self - Host, Self (archive footage)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Today — Self