Cynthia Erivo is an English actress and singer. 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.
Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo was born on 8 January 1987 to Nigerian immigrant parents in Stockwell, South London. Her parents separated when she was very young. Her mother, Edith, was a nurse, and was 15 when the Nigerian Civil War broke out. Erivo also has a sister, Nicolette.
She attended La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School in Clapham Park. As a child, she had roles in Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle, and later appeared on television in Trust Me, I'm a Teenager.
Erivo began a music psychology degree at the University of East London in 2004; however, a year into her degree, she applied to, and subsequently trained at, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in acting in 2010.
| Date of Birth | 8th January 1987 |
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| Age | 37 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current City | Stockwell |
| Birth Place | Stockwell |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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| Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, University of East London |
| Instruments | voice |
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| Occupation | singer, actor, film actor, stage actor |
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