Cynthia Addai-Robinson (born 12 January 1985 in London, England) is an English-born American actress.
Born in London, Addai-Robinson is of black Ghanaian and white American ancestry. She relocated to America when she was young, and since then she lost her British accent and sounds American. She attended Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater.
After guest starring in mostly procedural TV shows, she had a small role playing Zoe Saldaña's mother in the movie Colombiana. Her breakout role occurred the same year when she was cast to replace Lesley-Ann Brandt as Naevia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand in the second season.
She appeared in
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Lillian Beaudriville
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005) as Jeanette
- Justice (2006) as Debra Mortin
- CSI: Miami (2007) as Courtney Rinella
- Dirt (2007) (2007) as Michelle/Woman
- Entourage (2007) as Amanda's assistant
- Life (2007) as Stephanie
- NUMB3RS (2009) as Trisha Moreno
- CSI: NY (2009) as Dr. Karita Neville
- Flash Forward (2009) as Debbie
- Colombiana (2011) as Alicia
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2012) as Female Flight Attendant
- Spartacus (2012 — 2013) as Naevia
- The Vampire Diaries (2013) as Aja
- Arrow (2013 — 2016) as Amanda Waller
- Dallas (2014) as Private Investigator
- Texas Rising (2015) as Emily West
- Chicago Med (2016) as Dr. Vicki Glass
- The Accountant (2016) as Marybeth Medina
- Shooter (2016 — 2018) as Nadine Memphis
- Stumptown (2020) as Violet
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022 —) as Tar-Míriel
