Name
Cyndi Lauper
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-06-22 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT rights activist whose career has spanned over four decades. Her debut solo album She's So Unusual (1983), was an instant commercial success. The album was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night," earning Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with her second record, True Colors (1986), which included the number one hit of the same name and "Change of Heart," which peaked at number 3 and earned Lauper two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987. Since 1989, Lauper has released nine studio albums to varying critical acclaim; and has participated in several other projects. Her most recent album, the Grammy-nominated Memphis Blues, became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the "Billboard" blues charts for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2011, Lauper released an autobiography detailing her battle with child abuse and depression; which became New York Times Best Seller. In 2013, Lauper completed writing both the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which led it to the 2013 Tony Awards with 13 nominations, and won six awards including Best Musical. The musical also won Best Score making Lauper the first woman to win the composing category solo. In 2013, she became the first artist to top the dance charts with a Broadway single in over 25 years. Over the course of her career, Lauper has released over 40 singles and (as of 2011) has sold more than 80 million albums, 20 million singles, and 1 million DVDs. She has won Grammy, Emmy, Tony, MTV VMA awards, Billboard and AMA. In 1999 VH1 ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Lauper is also one of only twenty artists to achieve "GET" status by winning competitive Grammy, Emmy and Tony awards.
Known For
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- 2002 There Was an Old Lady as Narrated and Sung By (voice)
- 2004 Live Eighties as Self
- 2004 Larry presents: Best of The 80s as Self
- 2023 Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song as Self
- 1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Mary (Had a Little Lamb)
- 2000 The Opportunists as Sally Mahon
- 1990 Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self - Vocals
- 2023 Let the Canary Sing as Self
- 2004 Cyndi Lauper - Live... At Last as Self
- 2002 VH1: Divas Las Vegas as Self
- 2005 Lipstick & Dynamite as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 The Backyardigans: Super Secret Super Spy as (voice)
- 1991 Off and Running as Cyd Morse
- 2020 WAMEGO: Addendum
- 1987 Cyndi Lauper - Live in Paris as Self (vocals)
- 2011 Cyndi Lauper: To Memphis With Love as Self - Singer
- 2006 WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Self
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- 2014 Henry & Me as Nurse Cyndi (voice)
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- 2012 WWE Survivor Series 2012 as Self
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- 2015 Cyndi Lauper - Front And Center Live as Self
- 2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 The Best of the WWF: volume 5 as Cyndi Lauper (Manager)
- 2003 Prachtig 80: Volume 1 as Self
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- 1985 Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits as Self
- 2015 Cyndi Lauper - Front and Center Presents as Self
- 1994 Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some as Self
- 1986 Cyndi Lauper in Budokan as Self
- 1989 Cyndi Lauper Live in Chile 1989 as Self
- 2007 Cyndi Lauper & Friends (Decades Rock Live) as Self
- 2004 VH1 Divas 2004 as Self
- 1985 Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams as Self
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- 2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- 2005 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie as Cyndi Lauper
- 2006 From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: The Concert for New Orleans as Self
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- 2018 Andre the Giant as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell as Self
- 2003 A Barry Manilow Christmas: Live by Request as Self
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- 2004 Cyndi Lauper - Live From Soundstage as Self
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- 2009 Annul Victory as Self
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- 2011 Dirty Movie as Little Johnny's Mom
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- 2019 Cyndi Lauper: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Picnic Guest (uncredited)
- 2024 Cyndi Lauper at the BBC as Self
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- 2009 O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? as Self
- 2009 VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments as Self
- 2008 Formel Eins - Die Kultvideos Vol. 2 as Self (archive footage)
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- 1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
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- 2002 80's Top Ten Hits
- 1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Cyndi Lauper (voice)
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2005 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 Davina ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Canadian Idol ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Australian Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2006 30 Rock ( 1 episode ) as Cyndi Lauper
- 1981 Bananas ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2019 Dark Side of the Ring ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 V Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Where Are They Now? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 100 Most Shocking Music Moments ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2007 Gossip Girl ( 1 episode ) as Cyndi Lauper
- 2005 Bones ( 5 episodes ) as Avalon Harmonia
- 2021 Once Upon a Time in Queens ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 Mad About You ( 5 episodes ) as Marianne Lugasso
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ( 1 episode )
- 2023 The Horror of Dolores Roach ( 1 episode ) as Ruthie
- 1996 SMAP×SMAP ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2011 Bob's Burgers ( 1 episode ) as Performer ('Taffy Butt') (voice)
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2004 Project Runway ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as Pidge (voice)
- 1987 Na siehste! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Trailblazer Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self - Honoree
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2004 The Backyardigans ( 1 episode )
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- 2024 Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends ( 1 episode ) as Self
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- 1998 VH1 Divas ( 1 episode ) as Self -Performer
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- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
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- 2018 Lo Siguiente ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 2017 Young Sheldon ( 1 episode ) as Cyndi Lauper (voice)
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( 1 episode ) as Self
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- 2011 Bubble Guppies ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Goo Goo (voice)
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- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
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- 1985 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event ( 1 episode ) as Herself
- 1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
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- 1989 Countdown Revolution ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 The Voice ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 The Colbert Report ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1993 Live & Kicking ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual ( 12 episodes ) as Self
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- 2004 Higglytown Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Operator Hero (voice)
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