Lupita Nyong'o

Known for ActingBorn 1983-03-01 (age 43)Mexico City, Mexico

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and author. She began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). 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. She had her first feature film role as Patsey in 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. She 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 lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book (2016). Her 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, she 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. She has also written a children's book named Sulwe (2019), which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller. Also in 2019, she narrated the Discovery Channel docu-series Serengeti, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator. She was named among Africa's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes in 2020. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lupita Nyong'o, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Nature Is Speaking

The Wild Robot

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Worlds Beyond Earth

The Odyssey

12 Years a Slave

Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift

Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney

Big Mouth

My Africa

Marvel Studios Legends

Black Panther

Goodbye Julia

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Queen of Katwe

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

Black Is King

One World: Together at Home

Conan

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Twelfth Night

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hot Ones

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

Us

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

The Jungle Book

Serengeti

Non-Stop

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A Quiet Place: Day One

Sesame Street

Human Resources

Little Monsters

Finding Your Roots

Lip Sync Battle

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Oscars

Billy on the Street

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Daily Show

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Late Show with David Letterman

Tagesschau

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The 355

Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong'o