The Color Purple Star Cynthia Erivo on Meeting Oprah, Her Go-To Karaoke Song & the Movie That Always Makes Her Cry

Age: "28 going 15."

Hometown: London, England

Current Role: Making her Broadway debut and reprising her acclaimed London performance as Celie in the revival of The Color Purple.

Stage and Screen Cred: Erivo’s breakout performance was in the West End production of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, followed by the starring role in the U.K. tour of Sister Act. She went on to appear in Simon Cowell and Harry Hill’s I Can’t Sing and take on the title role in Dessa Rose. Her other credits include Marine Parade, I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain and Phyllida Lloyd’s acclaimed Henry IV. She received an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination for her performance as Celie in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s 2013 production of The Color Purple.