Lupita Nyong'o

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Academy-Award Winning Actress, Marvel's Black Panther

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Lupita Nyong'o: Biography at a Glance

  • Lupita Nyong'o is an Academy-Award Winning Actress well known for starring in Marvel's Black Panther, its highly anticipated sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror film Us.
  • Nyong'o can next be seen in Day One, a spinoff of A Quiet Place.
  • She made her feature film debut in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave, for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
  • She went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book.
  • Nyong'o made her first Broadway appearance as a teenage orphan in the play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
  • In addition to acting, Nyong'o supports historic preservation and is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's and animal rights.
  • Nyong'o has also written a New York Times bestselling children's book named Sulwe, which features a heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.

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Lupita Nyong'o made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). Also in 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama.

Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win an Academy Award.

Nyong'o made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019) and a voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book (2016). Nyong'o's career progressed with her role as Nakia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018) and her starring role in Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror film Us (2019).

In addition to acting, Nyong'o supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's and animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. Nyong'o has also written a children's book named Sulwe (2019), which became a number one New York Times bestseller.

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