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Cynthia Erivo

Academy Award Nominee, Tony Award Winner, and Grammy Award Winner
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Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (/əˈrv/; born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards.

Erivo began acting in a 2011 stage production of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and had her first screen role in the British television series Chewing Gum (2015). 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, among others. She ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. Erivo portrayed the abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet (2019), receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song. In 2020, Erivo starred in the crime drama miniseries The Outsider.

Last Updated: August 1, 2021


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