Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo
Erivo in 2024
Born
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo[1]

(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 37)
Stockwell, London, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2010–present
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Websitewww.cynthiaerivo.net Edit this at Wikidata

Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Erivo (/əˈriːvoʊ/ ə-REE-voh;[2] born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the few artists to receive nominations for the EGOT.

Erivo made her West End debut in the stage musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2011). She later made her Broadway debut playing Celie, a woman suffering abuse in the Deep South, in the musical revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017. Her work earned her the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. She expanded to films in 2018 with the crime films Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale. For her portrayal of 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", which gained her a nomination for Best Original Song. She has since starred as Elphaba in the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024).

On television, she played Holly Gibney in the HBO crime drama miniseries The Outsider (2020), and Aretha Franklin in National Geographic's anthology series Genius: Aretha (2021), the later of which earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. As a singer, she has released singles as well as her solo album Ch. 1 Vs. 1 (2021).

Early life and education

Erivo was born on 8 January 1987[3][4][5][6] to Nigerian immigrant parents in Stockwell, London.[7] Her mother Edith was 15 years old when the Nigerian Civil War broke out, with Erivo saying that "she's not necessarily a refugee, but [...] her home was ravaged, and they were on the run to find safety."[8] Both of Erivo's parents arrived to the UK in their early twenties and they separated when she was very young.[9] Following this, she and her younger sister Stephanie were raised by their mother, a nurse.[9][10] They were disowned by their father when Erivo was 16 and she remains estranged from him.[11] She named her production company Edith's Daughter as a tribute to her mother.[12]

Erivo attended La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School in Clapham Park.[11] As a child, she had roles in Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle, and later appeared on television in Trust Me, I'm a Teenager.[3] Her confirmation name is Perpetua.[13] She began a music psychology degree at the University of East London in 2004.[3] However, a year into her degree, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and transferred there upon acceptance.[14][15] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in acting in 2010.[3]

Career

2011–2014: Early theater work

Erivo first appeared in roles on British television programmes such as Chewing Gum and The Tunnel. Her first stage role was in Marine Parade by Simon Stephens at the Brighton Festival.[16] Her first musical role was in John Adams' and June Jordan's I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky at Theatre Royal Stratford East.[17] On Sunday, 9 December 2012, Cynthia appeared in Alexander S. Bermange's and Stephen Clark's Living Every Day, which was performed as part of The 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic in London’s West End.

In 2013, Erivo played the role of Celie Harris in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple,[18][19] a role which Whoopi Goldberg had originated onscreen. Erivo had previously portrayed Sister Mary Clarence / Deloris Van Cartier in a UK tour of the stage musical Sister Act,[20] which Goldberg had originated in its film adaptation. She is also featured on the soundtrack to the musical drama film Beyond the Lights, co-writing and performing the song "Fly Before You Fall".[7]

Erivo originated the role of Chenice in the West End musical I Can't Sing!,[21] which opened at the London Palladium on 26 March 2014, garnering mixed reviews.[22][23] The production closed on 10 May, just six weeks and three days after its official opening night.[23][24] Erivo starred in the European premiere of Dessa Rose at London's Trafalgar Studios from July to August 2014, for which she was nominated as Best Leading Actress in a musical at the 2015 BroadwayWorld UK awards.[25]

2015–2019: The Color Purple and film roles

Erivo with Lupita Nyong'o at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival

She made her Broadway debut in the 2015 revival transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple,[26] reprising her role as Celie Harris alongside American actresses Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery and Danielle Brooks as Sofia.[27] The production began performances at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, from 10 December 2015.[28] Her performance earned her acclaim across the board with The New York Times declaring, "Ms. Erivo's sobering and stirring portrayal of Celie, in a rapturously reviewed revival of The Color Purple... has brought the kind of praise that can change a performer's career".[29] She won several awards for her performance, including the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[30]

Erivo starred as Cathy alongside Joshua Henry in a one-night benefit concert performance of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years on 12 September 2016. Proceeds from the performance went to the Brady Center, a national gun violence organisation.[31] In February 2017, at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Erivo performed "God Only Knows" alongside John Legend, as a tribute to musicians who had died over the past year.[32]

In March 2017, Erivo and the cast of The Color Purple were nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for their performance on NBC's The Today Show in May 2016.[33] In April 2017, it was announced that Erivo and the cast of The Color Purple alongside The Today Show won the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award in the Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program category. In November 2017, she appeared on the charity benefit Night of Too Many Stars, hosted by Jon Stewart, where she performed a duet with frequent contributor Jodi DiPiazza of the Andra Day hit "Rise Up" they were accompanied by Questlove and The Roots.[34]

Erivo made her film debut in 2018 in the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale.[35] Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times deemed Erivo's performance "revelatory in the most rewarding sense".[36] That same year, she also starred in the Steve McQueen directed heist thriller film Widows, which marked the first film she had ever shot.[37] In his review of the film for The Atlantic, David Sims highlighted Erivo's "incredible work" in portraying her character's dramatic transformation.[38] In 2019, Erivo produced and starred in the scripted science fiction thriller podcast Carrier, voicing the lead role of Raylene Watts, a long-haul truck driver transporting a trailer with "disturbing, mysterious contents".[39]

Erivo portrayed the title role in Harriet, a biographical film about American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.[40][41] The film began production in October 2018,[42] completed filming in January 2019, and was released on 1 November 2019.[43] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Erivo "is a powerful physical presence in the title role" adding that "[she] hits all the requisite notes of flintiness and selfless bravery born of suffering, determination and rage".[44] Her performance earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama;[45] she also received a second nomination for Best Original Song for a song she co-wrote and performed for the film entitled "Stand Up".[46] In 2020, Erivo garnered nominations for two Academy Awards–one for Best Actress for her portrayal of Tubman and the other for Best Original Song for "Stand Up".[47]

2020–present: Career expansion

In 2020, Erivo starred as investigator Holly Gibney in the HBO miniseries The Outsider, a television adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name.[48][49] That same year, she launched a production company named Edith's Daughter as well as signed a deal with media company MRC to develop television projects through the production company.[50][51] She appeared in the science fiction film Chaos Walking, based on Patrick Ness' novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, which was released on 5 March 2021.[52] Erivo portrayed singer Aretha Franklin in the third season of the anthology series Genius, which premiered in March 2021.[53] She released two songs titled "The Good" and "Glowing Up" to promote her debut studio album, Ch. 1 Vs. 1, which was released on 7 September 2021.[54][55] That same month, she joined the jury of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[56]

In July 2022, Erivo performed as part of the BBC Proms, singing tributes to women who have inspired her.[57][58] Writing in The Times, John Bungey highlighted her performances of the songs "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Ain't No Way".[59] That same year she performed a medley of Stephen Sondheim songs as part of the In Memoriam segment at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards alongside Rachel Zegler, Leslie Odom Jr. and Ben Platt. Althea Legaspi of Rolling Stone described it as both "moving" and "fitting" tribute.[60] Erivo played The Blue Fairy in Disney's 2022 live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis.[61] Despite the film receiving negative reviews,[62][63] Christy Lemire of Rogerebert.com wrote of her performance that, "Erivo is such a majestic sight to behold, you’ll wish there were more of her here".[64]

Erivo with co-star Ariana Grande promoting Wicked in 2024

In 2023, she appeared in the Netflix crime thriller Luther: The Fallen Sun, a film continuation of the crime drama series Luther starring Idris Elba.[65] In the same year Erivo portrayed Jacqueline, a refugee during a war-torn Africa, in the film Drift. Erivo said to have taken inspiration from her mother's experience as a refugee during the Nigerian Civil War for this role.[8] She was also a producer for the film.[12] The following year she played Petra, a bold and flirtatious maid, in the Lincoln Center concert production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music at David Geffen Hall.[66] She paid tribute to Dionne Warwick at the Kennedy Center Honors where she sang a rendition of "Alfie" from the 1966 film of the same name.[67]

Erivo portrayed Elphaba in the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024), which served as the first part of a two-film adaptation of the musical play.[68][69] The film's accompanying soundtrack album was co-billed to Erivo, who performed seven songs from the musical.[70] It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and gave Erivo her first UK top-ten hit with her rendition of "Defying Gravity".[71][72] Erivo earned acclaim for the role, with Wendy Ide of The Guardian writing "Erivo is terrific, her rich, velvety voice cracking under the weight of rejections and ridicule suffered by Elphaba."[73] For her performance, Erivo was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.[74]

Personal life

Erivo is Roman Catholic.[75] She identifies as queer and bisexual.[76][77] Erivo is dating actress and producer Lena Waithe.[78][79]

In 2024, Erivo was appointed vice president of her alma mater, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[80]

Acting credits

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Widows Belle
Bad Times at the El Royale Darlene Sweet
2019 Harriet Harriet Tubman
2021 Chaos Walking Hildy
Needle in a Timestack Janine Mikkelsen
2022 Pinocchio The Blue Fairy
2023 Drift Jacqueline Also producer
Luther: The Fallen Sun Odette Raine
2024 Wicked Elphaba Thropp
2025 Wicked: For Good † Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Chewing Gum Magdalene Episode: "Tolled Road"
2016 Mr Selfridge Alberta Hunter 2 episodes
The Tunnel Mel Episode #2.3
2017–2019 Broad City Lisa 2 episodes
2018 The Boss Baby: Back in Business Turtleneck Superstar CEO Baby (voice) Episode: "As the Diaper Changes"
2019 Anthem: Homunculus Joan 3 episodes
Sunny Day Dr. Vanessa (voice) 1 episode
2020 The Outsider Holly Gibney Regular role (8 episodes)
James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends Ladybird 1 episode
American Idol Herself Episode: "316 (On With the Show: Grand Finale)"
2021 Genius Aretha Franklin Lead role (8 episodes)
RuPaul's Drag Race Herself (guest judge) Episode: "Henny, I Shrunk the Drag Queens!"
Strictly Come Dancing Herself (guest judge) 2 episodes
2022 Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock The Archivist (voice) Episode: "The Glow"
Roar Ambia Episode: "The Woman Who Found Bite Marks on Her Skin"
2023 Star Wars: Visions Kratu (voice) Episode: "Aau's Song"
Blue's Clues & You! Jingles (voice) Episode: "Josh and Blue's Ice Cream Shoppe"
Strange Planet Dreamer (voice) Episode: "Key Change"
2024 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Dr. Akonam Ojo (voice) Episode: "Make It, Don't Break It!"
2025 Robogobo The Slink (voice) Regular role [81]

Theatre

Year(s) Production Role Venue Ref.
2010 Marine Parade Various Brighton Festival
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky Leila Theatre Royal, Stratford East
2011 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Madeleine Gielgud Theatre/ Curve Theatre
2011–2012 Sister Act Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence UK Tour
2013 Lift Lap Dancer Soho Theatre
The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Menier Chocolate Factory
2014 I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical Chenice London Palladium
Dessa Rose Dessa Rose Trafalgar Studios
2014–2015 Henry IV Poins/The Earl of Douglas Donmar Warehouse, London
2015 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Rosemary Pilkington Royal Festival Hall
A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Liverpool Everyman
2015–2017 The Color Purple Celie Harris Johnson Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
2016 The Last Five Years Cathy Hiatt The Town Hall
2023 Gutenberg! The Musical! The Producer
(One night only) 		James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway
2024 A Little Night Music Petra Lincoln Center, New York

Podcasts

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Carrier Raylene Watts Regular role (6 episodes)
The Two Princes Queen Malkia of the Midlands Regular role (5 episodes)
2020 Hank the Cowdog Madame Moonshine Regular role (6 episodes)
2024 George Orwell's 1984 Julia

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo

Over her career Erivo has received several awards including a Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

She won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical – The Color Purple[82] The following year she won the 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program – The Color Purple[83] Also that year she won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album – The Color Purple[84]

Discography

Albums

Solo studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
US Album Sales
[85]
Ch. 1 Vs. 1 77

Collaborative studio albums

Title Album details
Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett Sing Scott Alan
(with Oliver Tompsett and Scott Alan)
  • Released: 9 October 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Soundtrack album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
UK Com.
[87] 		AUS
[88] 		CAN
[89] 		FRA
[90] 		ITA
[91] 		NLD
[92] 		NOR
[93] 		NZ
[94] 		SWI
[95] 		US
[96]
Wicked: The Soundtrack
(with Wicked Movie Cast and Ariana Grande)
  • Released: 22 November 2024
  • Label: Republic, Verve
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 1 3 9 38 42 9 26 3 37 2

Extended plays

Title Album details
She Is Risen, Vol. 2
(with Morgan James, Shoshana Bean, Debbie Gravitte, Bryonha Marie Parham, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Ann Harada, Tamika Lawrence, Bridget Everett, Marva Hicks, Eden Espinosa, and A Broader Way Choir)
  • Released: 18 September 2020
  • Label: Hedonist
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Album
UK
[72] 		AUS
[99] 		CAN
[100] 		IRE
[72] 		NZ
Hot
[101] 		SWE
Heat.
[102] 		US
[103] 		US
R&B
Dig.
[104] 		WW
[105]
"Fly Before You Fall" 2014 — — — — — — — 21 — Beyond the Lights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"God Only Knows"
(with John Legend featuring yMusic) 		2018 — — — — — — — 20 — Non-album single
"Stand Up" 2019 — — —[b] — — 2 —[c] — — Harriet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"When You Believe"
(with Shoshana Bean featuring Stephen Schwartz) 		2020 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"The Good" 2021 — — — — — — — — — Ch. 1 Vs. 1
"Glowing Up" — — — — — — — — —
"Defying Gravity"
(featuring Ariana Grande) 		2024 7 31 63 12 6 — 44 — 41 Wicked: The Soundtrack
Song Year Album
"Won't Let You Down"
(Cynikal featuring Cynthia Erivo) 		2012 Non-album singles
"I Did Something Bad (cover)"
(Shoshana Bean featuring Cynthia Erivo) 		2018
"Together (Soundtrack from Year in Search)"
(Peter CottonTale featuring Chance the Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, Chicago Children's Choir, and Matt Jones Re-Collective Orchestra) 		2020
"Chain of Fools"
(Genius: Aretha cast featuring Cynthia Erivo) 		2021

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[72] 		AUS
[108] 		CAN
[100] 		IRE
[72] 		NZ
Hot
[101] 		US
[103] 		US
Hol.
Dig.
[109] 		WW
[105]
"Angels We Have Heard on High"
(Lea Michele featuring Cynthia Erivo) 		2019 — — — — — — 22 — Christmas in the City
"The Wizard and I"
(featuring Michelle Yeoh) 		2024 — — — — — 92 — — Wicked: The Soundtrack
"What Is This Feeling?"
(with Ariana Grande) 		17 58 87 28 9 62 — 83
"Dancing Through Life"
(Jonathan Bailey featuring Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and Cynthia Erivo) 		—[d] — — — 12 86 — —
"I'm Not That Girl" — — — — — 94 — —
"One Short Day"
(with Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel featuring Michael McCorry Rose) 		— — — — — —[e] — —

Other appearances

Song Year Other artist(s) Album
"Suddenly" 2013 Anderson & Petty You Are Home: The Songs of Anderson & Petty
"Fly Before You Fall" 2014 N/A Beyond the Lights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" 2016 Alison Jiear Inspirational
"Jump" 2017 N/A Step (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
"When You Wish Upon a Star" Vera Lynn, Leigh Harline, & Manning Sherwin Vera Lynn 100
"Alright" 2018 Anthony Ramos The Freedom EP
"My Funny Valentine" Billy Porter Billy Porter Presents: The Soul of Richard Rodgers
"Nobody" Todrick Hall & Jade Novah Forbidden
"Si Pudiera Leer Tus Sueños" N/A Singing You Home: Children's Songs for Family Reunification
"Hold On I'm Coming" Bad Times at the El Royale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)"
"Angels We Have Heard on High" 2019 Lea Michele Christmas in the City
"Goodbye Song" Terence Blanchard Harriet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" 2020 — She is Risen: Volume One
"Winter Song" Leslie Odom Jr. The Christmas Album
"Inside" 2021 Logic Bobby Tarantino III
"Intro (feat. Cynthia Erivo)" 2024 Flo Access All Areas

Notes

  1. ^ First week sales of Wicked in the United States.[97]
  2. ^ "Stand Up" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 42 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart.[106]
  3. ^ "Stand Up" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 31 on the Digital Song Sales chart.[107]
  4. ^ "Dancing Through Life" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 86 on the UK Streaming Chart.[110]
  5. ^ "One Short Day" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[111]

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