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Cynthia Erivo (; born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Grammy Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Erivo began acting in a 2011 stage production of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. 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. On television, Erivo had her first role in the British series Chewing Gum (2015). She went on to star in the crime drama miniseries The Outsider (2020), and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of American singer Aretha Franklin in National Geographic's anthology series Genius: Aretha (2021). Early life and education Erivo was born to Nigerian parents in Stockwell, South London. Her mother is a nurse. She attended La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School. Erivo began a music psychology degree at the University of East London; however, a year into her degree, she applied to, and subsequently trained at, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Career beginnings and theatrical roles (2011–2017) 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. 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.In 2013, Erivo played the role of Celie Harris in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple, 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, 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".Erivo originated the role of Chenice in the West End musical I Can't Sing!, which opened at the London Palladium on 26 March 2014, garnering mixed reviews. The production closed on 10 May, just six weeks and three days after its official opening night. 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.She made her Broadway debut in the 2015 Broadway revival transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of The Color Purple, reprising her role as Celie Harris alongside American actresses Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery and Danielle Brooks as Sofia. The production began performances at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, from 10 December 2015. Among other awards for her performance, Erivo won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. 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 organization. In February 2017, Erivo performed "God Only Knows" as a tribute to musicians who had died over the past year alongside John Legend at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.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. 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. Film career (since 2018) Erivo made her film debut in 2018 in the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale. Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times deemed Erivo's performance "revelatory in the most rewarding sense". That same year, she also starred in the heist thriller film Widows, which marked the first film she had ever shot. In his review of the film for The Atlantic, David Sims highlighted Erivo's "incredible work" in portraying her character's dramatic transformation. 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".Erivo portrayed the title role in Harriet, a biographical film about American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. The film began production in October 2018, completed filming in January 2019, and was released on 1 November 2019. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama; she also received a second nomination for Best Original Song for a song she co-wrote and performed for the film entitled "Stand Up". 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".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. 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. 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. Erivo portrayed singer Aretha Franklin in the third season of the anthology series Genius, which premiered in March 2021. 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. That same month, she joined the jury of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.Erivo played The Blue Fairy in Disney's live-action film adaptation of Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis. She is slated to produce and star in a film adaption of the podcast Carrier, reprising the role of Raylene. Erivo is attached to star in a film continuation of the series Luther and as Elphaba in a two-part film adaptation of the musical Wicked.... Discover the Cynthia Eden popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cynthia Eden books.

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  • SEAL Team 12 - Aus dem Dunkel synopsis, comments

    SEAL Team 12 - Aus dem Dunkel

    Marliss Melton, Isabell Bauer & Timothy Stahl

    Eine dunkle Verschwörung gefährdet ihre Liebe und ihr Leben ... Helen Renault traut ihren Augen kaum, als ihr totgeglaubter Ehemann Gabe plötzlich vor ihrer Tür steht. Der Navy SEA...

  • Guardian Ranger synopsis, comments

    Guardian Ranger

    Cynthia Eden

    "Trust me."The Last Chance bar was Veronica Lane's last hope. Desperate to find her missing brother, the sheltered computer programmer turned to Jasper Adamsthe man she'd been war...

  • Deadly Fear synopsis, comments

    Deadly Fear

    Cynthia Eden

    TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the cruel and the sadistic has t...

  • Confessions synopsis, comments

    Confessions

    Cynthia Eden

    Meet the first of The Battling McGuire Boys from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden in this classic story, which was originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 2015!...

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    A Red Hot New Year

    Diana Mercury, Denise Rossetti, Cynthia Eden & Virginia Reede

    This New Year's Eve, turn up the heat . . . At the stroke of midnight a new year beginsa time for passionate resolutions and brandnew pleasures; a time to let go of past restraints...

  • Bound by Blood synopsis, comments

    Bound by Blood

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden invites readers to get "Bound" with her sexy paranormal romance series... It’s an Immortal War… Vampires and werewolves...

  • Shattered synopsis, comments

    Shattered

    Cynthia Eden

    In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel featuring the Last Option Search Team (LOST), one agent is forced to face her past as she uncovers secrets about th...

  • Bound in Death synopsis, comments

    Bound in Death

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA today bestselling author Cynthia Eden continues her  "Bound" paranormal romance series with...BOUND IN DEATH. She can’t remember him… He can never forge...

  • First Taste of Darkness synopsis, comments

    First Taste of Darkness

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s sexy romance, FIRST TASTE OF DARKNESS, will take you to the dark edge of desire… It was supposed to be a onenight sta...

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    The Girl Next Door

    Cynthia Eden

    He pledged to protect his neighbor, in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s Shadow Agents: Guts and Glory miniseriesWhen Gabrielle Harper’s gutsy investi...

  • Allegiances synopsis, comments

    Allegiances

    Cynthia Eden

    An old enemy returns in the beloved conclusion of The Battling McGuire Boys by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden, originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 2016.Pr...

  • SEAL Team 12 - Im letzten Augenblick synopsis, comments

    SEAL Team 12 - Im letzten Augenblick

    Marliss Melton & Ralf Schmitz

    Niemand will ihr glauben. Nur er kann ihr jetzt noch helfen. Als Ellie Stuarts drei kleine Söhne von Unbekannten entführt werden, bricht eine Welt für sie zusammen. Allein die Hoff...

  • Sin Undone synopsis, comments

    Sin Undone

    Larissa Ione

    From the New York Times bestselling author who Gena Showalter calls "decadently sinful" comes a forbidden romance in the beloved Demonica series. As the only female Seminus demon e...

  • Bound in Sin synopsis, comments

    Bound in Sin

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden invites readers to get "Bound" with her sexy paranormal romance series.  What’s the price of sin? Human Paige Sloa...

  • The Better to Bite synopsis, comments

    The Better to Bite

    Cynthia Eden

    Don’t go into the woods. Sixteenyearold Anna Lambert knows that the woods near her new home aren’t safe. She’s seen the wolves that stalk through that dark forest, but Anna doesn’t...

  • Harlequin Intrigue March 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2 synopsis, comments

    Harlequin Intrigue March 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

    Cynthia Eden, Elizabeth Heiter & Lisa Childs

    Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new edgeofyourseat romances for one great price, available now! This Harlequin Intrigue bundle includes Secrets by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling au...

  • Broken synopsis, comments

    Broken

    Cynthia Eden

    The first novel in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's sizzling LOST series introduces the Last Option Search Team, an elite unit that must protect the only surviving ...

  • SEAL Team 12 - Bittere Vergangenheit synopsis, comments

    SEAL Team 12 - Bittere Vergangenheit

    Marliss Melton & Ralf Schmitz

    Kann er seine Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen, um sie zu retten? Die junge Penny Price wird von einem unbekannten Anrufer bedroht. Sie ist überzeugt, dass es sich um den Mörder ih...

  • Deadly Lies synopsis, comments

    Deadly Lies

    Cynthia Eden

    She wants to hide the past FBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy is haunted by memories of the serial killer who abducted her. To keep the darkness at bay, she pretends to be a diff...

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    Forever Bound

    Cynthia Eden

    FOREVER BOUND includes the following titles by New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden: BOUND BY BLOOD BOUND IN DARKNESS BOUND IN SIN BOUND BY THE NIGHT Word...

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    Suspicions

    Cynthia Eden

    Everyone’s a suspect in the beloved third book in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s The Battling McGuire Boys series, which was originally published by Harlequin Int...

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    Secrets

    Cynthia Eden

    Fall in love with a Navy SEAL in New York Times and USA TODAYbestselling author Cynthia Eden’s beloved Secrets, which was originally released by Harlequin Intrigue in March 2015.In...

  • Harlequin Intrigue February 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2 synopsis, comments

    Harlequin Intrigue February 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

    Cynthia Eden, Elizabeth Heiter & Barb Han

    Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new edgeofyourseat romances for one great price, available now! This Harlequin Intrigue bundle includes Confessions by NEW YORK TIMES bestsellin...

  • Mein Wille sei dein Wille synopsis, comments

    Mein Wille sei dein Wille

    Mary Burton & Kristiana Dorn-Ruhl

    Verfolgt von einem Serienmörder ...In ihrer Kindheit litt Lindsay O'Neil unter einem gewalttätigen Vater. Nun versucht sie selbst, zerrütteten Familien zu helfen. Eines Tages wird ...

  • Better Off Undead synopsis, comments

    Better Off Undead

    Cynthia Eden

    Detective Jane Hart is just getting used to paranormal life in New Orleans. Monsters are real, and she’s the lucky cop who has to deal with them on a daily basis. Werewolves, vampi...

  • Harlequin Intrigue May 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2 synopsis, comments

    Harlequin Intrigue May 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

    Cynthia Eden, Beverly Long & Danica Winters

    Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edgeofyourseat intrigue and fearless romance.ALLEGIANCESTh...

  • The Wolf Within synopsis, comments

    The Wolf Within

    Cynthia Eden

    FBI Special Agent Duncan McGuire spends his days–and his nights–tracking reallife monsters. Most humans aren’t aware of the vampires and werewolves that walk among them. They don’t...

  • Riskante Leidenschaft synopsis, comments

    Riskante Leidenschaft

    Lisa Renee Jones & Kerstin Fricke

    Romantisch und spannend, düster und sexy: Lassen Sie sich verführen von den Walker Brüdern und den Romantic Thrillern von BestsellerAutorin Lisa Renee Jones!ROMAN 5: RISKANTE LEIDE...

  • Reaver synopsis, comments

    Reaver

    Larissa Ione

    "Wild, wicked, and wonderfully imaginative!" Sylvia Day, New York Times bestselling authorThe Demonica series returns....WARRIOR OF HEAVENReaver is an angel with a past, a record, ...

  • Sinful Secrets synopsis, comments

    Sinful Secrets

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden delivers a sexy romantic suspense tale…SINFUL SECRETS. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO KEEP A SECRET? One year ago, Catherine D...

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    Bound in Darkness

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden invites readers to get "Bound" with her sexy paranormal romance series... Hunter… When it comes to killing vampires, we...

  • Wrecked synopsis, comments

    Wrecked

    Cynthia Eden

    In New York Times Bestselling Author Cynthia Eden’s gripping new LOST novel, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse…?SHE LEFT HIM ONCE.LOST Agent Ana Young was only fourteen when she wa...

  • Bound by the Night synopsis, comments

    Bound by the Night

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden invites readers to get "Bound" with her sexy paranormal romance series.  For the last fifteen years, vampire queen...

  • Marked by the Vampire synopsis, comments

    Marked by the Vampire

    Cynthia Eden

    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden invites readers to enter a dark paranormal world… Vampires exist. So do werewolves. The creatures that you fear in the ...

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    Sharpshooter

    Cynthia Eden

    Meet the Shadow Agents who make saving lives look easy in this heartpounding action meets smoldering desire novel by USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden!A hostage rescue miss...

  • SEAL Team 12 - Gebrochene Versprechen synopsis, comments

    SEAL Team 12 - Gebrochene Versprechen

    Marliss Melton & Ralf Schmitz

    Der Verräter ist mitten unter ihnen ... DIAAgentin Hannah Geary will Rache! Ein Verräter in den Reihen der Navy hat ihren Partner getötet und sie ins Gefängnis gebracht. Der Schuld...

  • Harlequin Intrigue September 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2 synopsis, comments

    Harlequin Intrigue September 2015 - Box Set 2 of 2

    Cynthia Eden, Cindi Myers & Lisa Childs

    Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edgeofyourseat intrigue and fearless romance.SUSPICIONSThe...

  • The Gathering Dusk synopsis, comments

    The Gathering Dusk

    Cynthia Eden

    Don't miss the heartpounding prequel novella to bestselling author Cynthia Eden's newKiller Instinct series When untried FBI profiler Samantha Dark is facetoface with akiller, ther...

  • First Love, Last Love synopsis, comments

    First Love, Last Love

    Katie Flynn

    A powerful story of two sisters, and the love that changed their livesIt wasn't a privileged childhood, but it was a happy one. Sybil and Lizzie Cream, brought up in a fisherman's ...