Cynthia Erivo
Also Known As: Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Erivo, سینتیا اریوو
Biography: Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo (born January 8, 1987) is a British actress and singer who first gained recognition for her lead role as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, earning a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. She transitioned to film with Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Widows (2018) before portraying Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019), a performance that earned her nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also co-wrote and performed the film’s song Stand Up, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. On television, Erivo starred in The Outsider (2020) and portrayed Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha (2021), receiving nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2024, she starred as Elphaba in Wicked, the film adaptation of the stage musical, earning awards nominations at the Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Stockwell, London, England, UK
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Luther: The Fallen Sun
Overview: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-24
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Blink Speed
Overview: A young woman plagued by a rare and mysterious savant ability after a near-death experience. Her new skill may also be the key to unlocking the truth behind her fractured memory and past.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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Prima Facie
Overview: Tessa, an ambitious defense lawyer, expertly represents her clients, including those accused of sexual assault. However, she learns that the law does not provide justice after being raped by a coworker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Wicked: For Good
Overview: With the Wizard and the entirety of Oz framing her as wicked, Elphaba’s righteous crusade comes into conflict with Glinda’s struggle for power. As a mysterious cyclone brings in an unwitting young outsider, the former friends will soon discover how much their actions have changed each other, and all of Oz, for good. The second part of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical phenomenon.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-11-19
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Drift
Overview: After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
Overview: Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and '60s. Backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, she celebrates the legendary female voices that have shown her the way—artists such as Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday, Etta James, and Gladys Knight. From showtunes to pop, from soul to French chanson, Erivo delivers big, iconic anthems of love, loss, and transformation. Andi Oliver presents from the Royal Albert Hall in London, and is joined by special guests Clarke Peters and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-22
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Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration
Overview: Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, invites you to ring in the New Year with her magnificent friends Ben Platt and Joaquina Kalukango as they bring their powerful voices and favorite songs to the Kennedy Center stage.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-31
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Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-16
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The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
Overview: Think you've got what it takes to be the boss? This interactive special puts your skills to the test and matches you up with one of 16 jobs at Baby Corp.
Genres: Comedy Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-01
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Widows
Overview: A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-06
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Chaos Walking
Overview: Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-24
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Bad Times at the El Royale
Overview: Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Harriet
Overview: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Needle in a Timestack
Overview: Nick and Janine live in bliss until her ex warps time to try to tear them apart by using Nick's old girlfriend. As Nick's memories and reality disappear, he must decide what he's willing to sacrifice to save -- or let go of -- everything he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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The Rape of Recy Taylor
Overview: Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. The film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-30
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Cynthia Erivo in Concert
Overview: Enjoy a soulful evening of song from one of Broadway’s brightest stars. Seamlessly making the transition from the stage to the big screen, British-born Cynthia Erivo won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in The Color Purple before starring in several films, including Steve McQueen’s Widows.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-10
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Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Overview: A star-studded tribute concert celebrating the iconic pop trio's impressive career.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-16
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Talent Show
Overview: Talent, a working title, is the story of a failed songwriter, to be played by Erivo, who returns home to Chicago to lead a group of at-risk youth in their annual talent show.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Overview: Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter—and Paulina’s hive-minded friends.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-16
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Pinocchio
Overview: A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-07
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Carrier
Overview: A truck driver accepts an off-the-books long-haul trucking assignment to cover for her ill father. She soon realizes that her mysterious cargo is a threat to the world and various forces begin targeting her to control or destroy it.
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Original Language: en
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Steel
Overview: Chronicles a self-made woman’s rise to power. It centers on Madeline Crowe, a fiercely ambitious arms dealer who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
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Wicked in Concert: A Musical Celebration of the Iconic Broadway Score
Overview: Wicked in Concert features re-imagined musical arrangements created for the event, performed by celebrity artists from the worlds of film, pop, music, and television.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-29
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Lift
Overview: One morning, in a lift at Covent Garden tube station, eight people live less than a minute of their lives together, considering how that minute might change them forever. This production of Lift was captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Soho Theatre. With music and lyrics by Craig Adams, it was nominated for Best Original Score in the 2014 Whatsonstage Awards. It featured a host of star names, including Cynthia Erivo (Grammy and Tony Award winner), George Maguire (Olivier Award winner) and Nikki Davis-Jones. Contains strong language and adult content.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-24
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Wicked
Overview: In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-20
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Children of Blood and Bone
Overview: Zelie and her older brother Tzain form an alliance with the king’s daughter, Princess Amari, and son, Prince Inan, to fight back against his brutal rule.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2027-01-15
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Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Overview: You are invited to join recording artist and Broadway star Shoshana Bean and her cast of friends for a musical evening of Broadway tunes.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-13
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Forbidden
Overview: A musical set in the North-American city of Nacirema Falls, in the country of Nacirema, which black LGBT people rule, promoting and conducting white racism and "straightphobia". When Nolan Renner falls in love with a waitress at a diner, he gets into trouble.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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Karoshi
Overview: Plot TBA. Described as a corporate thriller with a samurai twist. Set in a Japanese-influenced New York City and features a revenge element.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
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Making Wicked
Overview: Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the characters, choreography, and creativity that make up the movie's unforgettable world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-31
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Wicked: Event Special
Overview: Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and special guests. The Wicked Event Special is coming this November, airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
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Original Language: en
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