Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo is an English actress and singer. She rose to prominence for her role in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017, winning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Erivo expanded her career to films, appearing in Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale in 2018. In 2019, she portrayed American abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Erivo also wrote and performed the song 'Stand Up' for the film's soundtrack, receiving a nomination for Best Original Song. Her television credits include Chewing Gum and The Outsider.More