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Home • Red Carpet Beauty

Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts

This weekend's "Harriet" debut reminded us that the actress gives us continuous hair and makeup inspo.
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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By Shalwah Evans · Updated December 6, 2020
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Cynthia Erivo is not shy about changing up her look. It’s one of the reasons why we highly anticipate her beauty on the red carpet. No matter the occasion, she owns her look, always making it feel fresh. She might go from curly purple strands with nude lips, to green hair and dramatic eyes, or a hairdo embellished with spikes. Erivo can also move between sweet romantic looks with pink hair and eyeshadow to match, and edgy avant garde vamp beauty with a platinum blowout.

With the debut of Harriet in theaters this past weekend, audiences got to see Erivo stripped down. It was just more of a reminder that she’s a beauty, whether she’s glammed up for the carpet, or pared down for a role. She plays with color well, and it makes her fun to watch for events.

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Check out some of our favorite red carpet beauty moments from the A-lister this year. They’ll make you excited to see what’s to come for the rest of 2019, and what we’ll see from Erivo in 2020.

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At The 23rd Annual Hollywood Film Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The “Harriet” Screening in New York
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At A Premiere For “Harriet”
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 11th Annual Governors Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 2019 Urbanworld Film Festival
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At A Party During The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The EE British Academy Film Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 2019 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At Alfre Woodard’s 10th Annual Sistahs’ Soiree
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The 50th NAACP Image Awards
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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At The Nespresso British Academy Film Awards Nominees Party
Cynthia Erivo Stays Red Carpet Ready With Her Beauty And We Have The Receipts
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