Cynthia Erivo is a British actress and singer who has received numerous awards throughout her career, including a Tony Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, and two Grammy Awards, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. She is one of only a few artists to have received nominations for the EGOT. After her West End theatre debut in the early 2010s, Erivo garnered critical attention with her lead role as Celie, a young woman suffering abuse in the Deep South, in the Broadway revival of the musical The Color Purple. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and also won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album alongside the cast of The Color Purple. Erivo transitioned to film acting in 2018 with roles in Drew Goddard's neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale and Steve McQueen's heist drama Widows. In 2019, she gained national acclaim for portraying slave abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Kasi Lemmons' historical biopic Harriet, receiving Best Actress nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also performed and co-wrote the film's lead song "Stand Up" with Joshuah Brian Campbell, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and for Best Original Song at the...