# List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo has received numerous awards and nominations throughout her career. She has won a Tony Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award, and received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, three Academy Awards, and four 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 Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
In 2020, Erivo starred in the miniseries The Outsider, being nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Awards and the Critics' Choice Super Awards. The following year, she portrayed Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha, receiving nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Satellite Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2024, Erivo starred as Elphaba Thropp in Wicked, the first of two film adaptations of the stage musical. She garnered critical acclaim for the role and was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. With her Academy Award nomination, Erivo joined actress Viola Davis as the second black actress to be nominated multiple times for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 2019 | Best Original Song | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Actress | Wicked | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2018 | BAFTA Rising Star Award | BAFTA Rising Star Award | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Wicked | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Harriet | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Wicked | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 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 |
| 2019 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Wicked | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Wicked | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Leading Actress in a Musical | The Color Purple | Won | |
| 2023 | Best Play | Fat Ham | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| BET Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Original or Adapted Song | "Jump" from Step | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | Bad Times at the El Royale | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| Black Reel Awards | 2025 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Wicked | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2020 | Best Actress | Harriet | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2020 | Best Original Song Written for a Movie | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2025 | Best Actress | Wicked | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2025 | Best Acting Ensemble | Wicked | Nominated |
| 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 |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2022 | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | 2017 | Best Original Song | "Jump" (from Step) | Won |
| GLAAD Media Awards | 2025 | Stephen F. Kolzak Award | Herself | 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 |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2024 | Song – Onscreen Performance – Film | "Defying Gravity" (with Ariana Grande) | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in Motion Picture | Harriet | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast of Harriet | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Song – Traditional | "Stand Up" (from Harriet) | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or a Limited-Series | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2022 | Outstanding New Artist | Herself | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2025 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Wicked | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2025 | Entertainer of the Year | 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 |
| Satellite Awards | 2022 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Genius: Aretha | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2025 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy | Wicked | Nominated |
| 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 |
| Sundance Film Festival | 2025 | Visionary Award | — | Honored |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2019 | Best Original Song Written for a Film | "Stand Up" | Won |

## Theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 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 |
| Astra Film Awards | 2024 | Best Actress | Wicked | Won |
| Astra Film Awards | 2024 | Best Ensemble | Wicked | 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 |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | 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 |
| Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2018 | Invisible Woman Award | Widows | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2019 | Best Actress | Harriet | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2019 | Best Female Action Hero | Harriet | Won |