Lupita Nyong'o
Acting
Born 1983-03-01
Mexico City, Mexico
79 credits
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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.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Tagesschau
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Sesame Street
Jeopardy!
Late Show with David Letterman
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Conan
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Wild Robot
Hot Ones
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Great Performances
Big Mouth
Tony Awards
Sherri
Black Panther
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Desus & Mero
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Oscars
Lip Sync Battle
A Quiet Place: Day One
Marvel Studios Legends
Human Resources
The Jungle Book
12 Years a Slave
Us
Finding Your Roots
Non-Stop
The 355
Entertainment Tonight
Billy on the Street
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Queen of Katwe
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
Serengeti
One World: Together at Home
2 Dope Queens
Little Monsters
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Twelfth Night
Nature Is Speaking
Goodbye Julia
Shuga
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
Black Is King
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