Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo is a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning actor, singer, songwriter, and activist. She starred as Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway and is known in Hollywood for her performances as Harriet Tubman in Harriet (for which she also composed and performed the Oscar-nominated anthem “Stand Up”), Aretha Franklin in National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha, and Elphaba in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked. Erivo is a vocal advocate for racial and gender equity in Hollywood. She is the founder of Edith’s Daughter, a production company dedicated to telling underrepresented stories.