Cyndi Lauper

Honestly, I think Cyndi Lauper is one of those artists people underestimate because she made it look so fun. That Queen of Quirky Pop image, the rainbow hair, the thrift-store glamour, it was all so loud that folks forgot she's got a genuinely massive four-octave voice and serious songwriting chops underneath. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" reads as a party anthem, but it's sneakily a feminist statement, and "Time After Time" still wrecks me every time. What really wins me over is the range of her career: from MTV icon to winning a Tony for writing Kinky Boots. That's not a fluke, that's an artist. I love that she never sanded off the weirdness to stay palatable. She's a New York original through and through, and I'll always root for her.

Name (English)

Cyndi Lauper

Name (Japanese)

シンディ・ローパー

Reading

しんでぃ・ろーぱー

Born

June 22, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / singer / singer-songwriter / composer

High school

Richmond Hill High School

University

Johnson State College

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Tony Award for Best Original Score
• 1985 Grammy Award for Best New Artist
• 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
• 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2017 VH1 Trailblazer Honors
• 1984 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video

• Official sitehttps://www.cyndilauper.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cyndilauper/
• Xhttps://x.com/cyndilauper
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyndi%20Lauper
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1545

Tags

• New York
• television actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.