List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo. Since her Broadway debut on stage she received more than thirty nominations winning thirteen times. Thanks to her lead role on the musical The Color Purple she won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2018 she acted in Bad Times at the El Royale receiving a Saturn Awards nomination, but she rose in fame thanks to Kasi Lemmons's film Harriet, which gave her several accolades, including nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Awards and at the NAACP Image Awards.
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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0 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | |
Critics' Choice Awards |
0 | 2 |
0 | 2 | |
|
1 | 1 |
0 | 4 | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
0 | 1 |
Tony Awards |
1 | 1 |
Theatre World Awards |
1 | 1 |
She is also a Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Theater Album, thanks to The Color Purple's soundtrack, and a Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards winner for Harriet's lead song "Stand Up".
Major associations
Academy Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | [1] |
Best Original Song | "Stand Up"[upper-alpha 1] | Nominated |
BAFTA Film Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | BAFTA Rising Star Award | Nominated | [2] |
Emmy Awards (Daytime)
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program[upper-alpha 2] | The Color Purple | Won | [3] |
Golden Globe Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Harriet | Nominated | [4] |
Best Original Song – Motion Picture (for "Stand Up")[upper-alpha 3] | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Nominated |
Grammy Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best Musical Theater Album | The Color Purple | Won | [5] |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated |
Tony Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Best Leading Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | [6] |
Other associations
Black Reel Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | |
2020 | Outstanding Actress | Harriet | Won |
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
Critics' Choice Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress in a Movie | Harriet | Nominated | [7] |
Best Original Song Written for a Movie | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
Drama Desk Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | [8] |
Drama League Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Distinguished Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated | [9] |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Best Musical Performance | The Color Purple | Nominated |
Hollywood Film Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Breakout Actress | Harriet | Won |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Best Original Song – Feature Film | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Won |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated | |
2020 | Best British/Irish Actress | Harriet | Won | [10] |
NAACP Image Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated | [11] |
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 |
Outer Critics Circle Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | [12] |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Breakthrough Performance Award | Harriet | Won | [13] |
Theatre World Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance | The Color Purple | Won | [14] |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Virtuoso Award | Harriet | Won |
Satellite Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Harriet | Nominated |
Saturn Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated |
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Won | [15] |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated | [16] |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated |
WhatsOnStage Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Best Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Nominated |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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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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