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Cynthia Erivo

1987-01-08 (37 years old) in Stockwell, London, England, UK

Cynthia Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Grammy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Erivo began acting in a 2011 stage production of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Erivo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

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Luther: The Fallen Sun
66.83 %|Feb 24, 2023
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Blink Speed
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Science Fiction
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Prima Facie
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Drama
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Wicked: For Good
0 %|Nov 20, 2025
Drama, Fantasy, Family, Romance, Music
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Wicked
76 %|Nov 20, 2024
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
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Drift
65 %|Feb 9, 2024
Drama, Romance
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Pinocchio
63.419999999999995 %|Sep 7, 2022
Fantasy, Adventure, Family
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Needle in a Timestack
54 %|Oct 15, 2021
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
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Chaos Walking
66 %|Feb 24, 2021
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
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The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
62.68 %|Sep 1, 2020
Comedy, Family, Animation
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Harriet
73.15 %|Nov 1, 2019
Drama, History
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The Rape of Recy Taylor
74 %|May 30, 2019
Documentary
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Cynthia Erivo in Concert
0 %|May 10, 2019
Music
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Widows
64.91 %|Nov 6, 2018
Crime, Thriller
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Bad Times at the El Royale
68.38 %|Oct 4, 2018
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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Forbidden
82 %|Mar 15, 2018
Drama, Music, Romance
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Talent Show
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Drama, Music
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Carrier
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Steel
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Crime, Drama
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Lift
0 %|Feb 24, 2013
Music, Drama

Series

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Simone Biles Rising
77 %|Jul 17, 2024
Documentary
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
76 %|Feb 10, 2023
Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Sherri
42 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
66 %|Jul 25, 2022
Reality, Action & Adventure
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Roar
57 %|Apr 15, 2022
Drama
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Star Wars: Visions
72 %|Sep 22, 2021
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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The Outsider
74 %|Jan 12, 2020
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Amazing Saturday
80 %|Apr 7, 2018
Comedy, Reality
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The Boss Baby: Back in Business
70.58 %|Apr 6, 2018
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Kids
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American Idol
68 %|Mar 11, 2018
Reality
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Lie Detector
0 %|Mar 1, 2018
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Genius
78 %|Apr 25, 2017
Drama
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To Tell the Truth
60 %|Jun 14, 2016
Comedy
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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
59.459999999999994 %|Feb 8, 2016
News, Talk, Comedy
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Chewing Gum
72.5 %|Oct 6, 2015
Comedy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
66 %|Sep 8, 2015
Comedy, Talk
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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Broad City
71.92999999999999 %|Jan 22, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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RuPaul's Drag Race
75 %|Feb 2, 2009
Reality
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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The View
44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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Live from Lincoln Center
85 %|Jan 30, 1976
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Great Performances
52 %|Jan 28, 1971
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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The Grammy Awards
77 %|Nov 29, 1959
Reality, Talk
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Raising Wild
0 %|Invalid Date
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953