FrameThrower · Actors · Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo
6 films · 379 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2018–2025
Born 8 January 1987 · Stockwell, London, England, UK
Cynthia Chinasaokwu Onyedinmanasu Amarachukwu Owezuke Echimino Erivo MBE is an English actress, singer, musician, and songwriter. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of the few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (EGOT), winning all but the Oscar.
Erivo made her West End debut in the stage musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2011), and her Broadway debut as Celie in the musical revival of The Color Purple (2015–2017).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 379 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2018–2025
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical2016
- Member of the Order of the British Empire2026
- Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance2026
- Female Performance in Film2020
- OkayAfrica 100 Women2018
- Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album2017
- Theatre World Award2016
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
How their films are shot
Measured across 379 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Cynthia takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Cynthia takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 379 frames from Cynthia Erivo's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.