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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo. She has won a Tony Award, Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award, and been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is one of few artists to receive nominations for the EGOT.
After her 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, being awarded with the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The role also earned her a Drama Desk Award and Daytime Emmy Award as well as the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2017.
In 2018 she transitioned to film acting in Drew Goddard's neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale and in Steve McQueen's heist drama Widows. In 2019, Erivo gained national acclaim for portraying slave abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Kasi Lemmons' historical biopic Harriet, which gave her several accolades, including nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also performed and co-wrote with Joshuah Brian Campbell Harriet's lead song "Stand Up", earning a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and for Best Original Song at both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.
In 2020 Erivo starred in american miniseries The Outsider, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Awards and the Critics' Choice Super Awards. The following year she acted as Aretha Franklin in television series Genius: Aretha, receiving critical acclaim, with nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Satellite Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Major associations
Academy Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | |
Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
2019 | BAFTA Rising Star Award | Nominated |
Emmy Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
2017 | Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program | The Color Purple | Won | |
Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
2021 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
Golden Globe Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Harriet | Nominated | |
Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated | ||
2022 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Genius: Aretha | Nominated | |
2025 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Wicked | Pending |
Grammy Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best Musical Theater Album | The Color Purple | Won | |
2020 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Stand Up" | Nominated |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated | |
2022 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
Tony Awards
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Best Leading Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | |
2023 | Best Play | Fat Ham | Nominated |
Miscellaneous awards
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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BET Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | |
Black Reel Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Original or Adapted Song | "Jump" from Step | Nominated | |
2019 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | ||
2020 | Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture | Harriet | Won | ||
2021 | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Genius: Aretha Franklin | Nominated | ||
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | |
Best Original Song Written for a Movie | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated | |||
2025 | Best Actress | Wicked | Pending | ||
Best Acting Ensemble | Pending | ||||
Critics' Choice Super Awards | 2021 | Best Actress in a Horror Series | The Outsider | Nominated | |
Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Outsider | Nominated | |
2022 | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Genius: Aretha | Nominated | ||
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | 2017 | Best Original Song | "Jump" (from Step) | Won | |
Hollywood Film Awards | 2019 | Breakout Actress | Harriet | Won | |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2019 | Best Original Song – Feature Film | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Won | |
2024 | Song – Onscreen Performance – Film | "Defying Gravity" (with Ariana Grande) | Nominated | ||
NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated | |
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast of Harriet | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Song – Traditional | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated | |||
2022 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or a Limited-Series | Genius: Aretha | Nominated | ||
Outstanding New Artist | Herself | Nominated | |||
Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2020 | Breakthrough Performance Award | Harriet | Won | |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2020 | Virtuoso Award | Harriet | Won | |
Satellite Awards | 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated | |
2022 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Genius: Aretha | Nominated | ||
2025 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy | Wicked | Pending | ||
Saturn Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | |
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Won | |
World Soundtrack Awards | 2019 | Best Original Song Written for a Film | "Stand Up" | Won |
Theater Awards
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Drama Desk Award | 2016 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | |
Drama League Award | 2016 | Distinguished Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
Theatre World Award | 2016 | Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance | The Color Purple | Won | |
WhatsOnStage Awards | 2014 | Best Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Nominated |
Critics Awards
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Astra Film Awards | 2024 | Best Actress | Wicked | Won | |
Best Ensemble | Nominated | ||||
Celebration of Cinema and Television | 2024 | Actress – Film Award | Wicked | Won | |
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards | 2020 | Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated | |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 2013 | Best Musical Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 2020 | Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated | |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2019 | Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie | Genius: Aretha | Nominated | |
London Critics Circle Film Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | |
2020 | Best British/Irish Actress | Harriet | Won | ||
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | 2019 | Best Ensemble Cast | Widows | Nominated | |
Outer Critics Circle Award | 2016 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | |
Seattle Film Critics Society | 2024 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Wicked | Nominated | |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2018 | Best Ensemble | Widows | Won | |
Invisible Woman Award | Nominated | ||||
2019 | Best Actress | Harriet | Won | ||
Best Female Action Hero | Won |
Notes
- Shared with Joshuah Brian Campbell.
- Shared with the cast of The Color Purple.
- Shared with Joshuah Brian Campbell.
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