Cast & creator
Cynthia Erivo
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Erivo
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film credits
62
television credits
102
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (110)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
The View
Self - Guest
1997The View
Self
1997
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest
2005
Amazing Saturday
Self
2018
The Voice
Self - Advisor
2011
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Quotidien
Self - Guest
2016
Great Performances
Self - Performer
1971
Project Runway
Self - Guest
2004
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Big Mouth
Missy's Vagina (voice)
2017
Strictly Come Dancing
Self - Guest Mentor
2004
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self
2016
Broad City
Lisa
2014
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Dr. Ojo (voice)
2023
American Idol
Self
2018
Genius
Aretha Franklin
2017
Wicked: For Good
Elphaba
2025
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
2016
Star Wars: Visions
Kratu (voice)
2021
The Oscars
Self
1953
Poker Face
Amber / Delia / Cece / Bebe Kazinsky / Felicity Price
2023
Wicked
Elphaba
2024
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
Turtleneck Superstar CEO Baby (voice)
2018
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
2014Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2014
The Outsider
Holly Gibney
2020
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Phone a Friend
2020
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Roar
Ambia
2022
RoboGobo
The Slink (voice)
2025
Live from Lincoln Center
Self
1976
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self - Roundtable Talent
2023
Chaos Walking
Hildy
2021
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Self
2022
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Odette Raine
2023
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Saturday Night Live UK
Self - Host
2026
Chewing Gum
Magdalene
2015
Pinocchio
Blue Fairy
2022
Bad Times at the El Royale
Darlene Sweet
2018
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
Widows
Belle
2018
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Goose (voice)
2025
Harriet
Harriet Tubman
2019Harriet
Songs
2019
Children of Blood and Bone
Admiral Kaea
2027
Celebrity Substitute
Self
2024
Simone Biles Rising
Self
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
2024
Needle in a Timestack
Janine Mikkelsen
2021
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
Turtleneck Superstar (voice)
2020
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Self
2025
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
2024
Bad Fairies
Jayne Staplegun (voice)
2027
Making Wicked: For Good
Self
2025
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
Self
2025
Forbidden
2018
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self - Presenter
2017
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Eloise
2019
Making Wicked
Self
2024
The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Self
2025
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Rosa Parks
2019
Drift
Jacqueline Kamara
2024Drift
Producer
2024
The Grammys
Self
1959Saturation Point
Producer
Steel
Steel
Executive Producer
Othello
Emilia
Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Self
2021
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Performer
2020
I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical
Chenice
Karoshi
2027
Prima Facie
Tessa Ensler
2026Prima Facie
Executive Producer
2026
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
Self
2023
Cynthia Erivo: Live from Lincoln Center
2019
Grandpa Was an Emperor
Executive Producer
2023The Road Home
Miriam 'Mama Africa' Makeba
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
Self
2022
Variety’s Power of Women London
Self
2026Carrier
Raylene
Carrier
Producer
Blink Speed
Blink Speed
Producer
Talent Show
Lift
Lap Dancer
2013