Lupita Nyong'o

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico in 1983 but grew up in Kenya. Nyong'o is an actor, author, producer, Broadway performer, and activist who earned her master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama in 2012. Nyong'o won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie 12 Years a Slave (2013). Nyong'o has appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Queen of Katwe (2016), Black Panther (2018), Us (2019), The 355 (2022), and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024). In 2016, Nyong'o was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway play, Eclipsed.