A biography for Cynthia Erivohasn’t been written yet.
“I don't drink anything other than water and herbal tea.”
“Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.”
“What happens when I go to America is I sound really English. Most people would start sounding American, but I do the opposite.”
“You sense when something is special, but you don't know how special it is until it's in front of an audience.”
“Watching Mum work hard made me do the same. I've watched her since I was little, and I've picked up on how hard she works and the fire she has in her belly.”
“I think what's different about working on stage is that you have another chance to portray it again. If you don't get something right on film, you can do another take, but on stage, once it's done, it's done. You can't go back.”
“The thing that disturbs me the most, being in England, is that on the screen we don't see very many of us - there aren't very many black girls. They don't make the roles for us, or they don't see us in those roles.”
“What's amazing with 'The X Factor' is that it gives people a chance who wouldn't normally have one. I couldn't go on it, because it would be, like, me being lazy, because I've definitely had my opportunities.”
“I don't think it's different to be a black girl in England than it is to be a black girl from America. We all collectively share in a pain of displacement and not feeling like we quite belong in places.”
“One of my favourite pieces is 'Antony and Cleopatra' - I'd love to be in that. Or an alternative version of 'Romeo & Juliet' where I get to play Mercutio, something like that.”
“I travel with seaweed chips, edamame chips, tea, peanut butter, avocados. I always take my supplements with me because they're easy to carry.”
“I've seen 'Hamilton.' I'm obsessed. The music is crazy.”
“What I want to see is more mixed casts. We need it. People need to be brave - in the real world, everyone and anyone is around. So if people get to see themselves on the stage, they'll want to come.”
“As a singer, I like to have a warm beverage with me all the time.”
“I became a fitness fiend when I was about 17 or 18.”
“My body is one that kind of looks at weights, and then all of a sudden, I have muscle.”
“I discovered at the age of five that I could sing, and I realised people liked it. The sound that came out made people happy, so I kept doing it.”
“It's kind of epic to see four women really be physically and mentally strong, in themselves and in their lives. That's what 'Widows' is.”
“When I was 15, I didn't think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was 20-something - I thought, actually, I really like what I look like. Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.”
“I don't have dairy because I'm a singer and, quite frankly, I don't want to mess around with my vocal chords and how those behave, and dairy is an allergen for me.”