“I definitely surprise myself with how much of a warrior spirit I have sometimes, because I think that politically, socially, and culturally there are wars to be fought.”
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Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.
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As an African woman, I am wary of the trap of telling a single story… the chance to appear in Eclipsed after winning an Oscar was an opportunity to share in the incredible (and too rare) freedom of playing a fully rendered African woman.
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2026· 23 entries
“...I turned down a few projects to pursue this one. I knew there was a sense of what was expected of me, but this play felt so important to me that I had to do it, expectations be damned.”
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“As an African woman, I am wary of the trap of telling a single story… the chance to appear in Eclipsed after winning an Oscar was an opportunity to share in the incredible (and too rare) freedom of playing a fully rendered African woman.”
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“It was so nice to have someone embrace that and encourage it, because I never knew that I would start my career and that would be called for. So, it was just really lovely to bring my full self to this without any sort of pretense,”
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“I like to play women who are in contrast to me. I think that’s how I look at it: What aspect of this character offers me a chance to explore something new about my humanity?”
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Fotogramas: Experto helenista español, sobre Lupita Nyong'o como Helena de Troya en 'La Odisea': "Es tan absurdo e injustificado como un Don Quijote negro o un Kunta Kinte blanco"
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Entertainment.ie: Lupita Nyong'o revisited her 'Us' character to scare the bejaysus out of people
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: Governor Nyong'o Spearheads Kenya's Post-2027 Economic Blueprint With Vision 2060
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Polygon.com: Lupita Nyong'o reveals how Christopher Nolan cast her in The Odyssey
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standardmedia.co.ke: Lupita Nyong'o's Odyssey casting exposes the enduring face of racial prejudice
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Public attention spiked: 33,301 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 8,795, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by AstonMartin28 (talk) to last revision by M. Armando
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Public attention spiked: 36,001 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 8,795, with 1 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 61,263 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7× the usual 8,795, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Updated Photo
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Public attention spiked: 30,874 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 8,795, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’
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2025· 6 entries
The Guardian: Twelfth Night review – Lupita Nyong’o and Peter Dinklage anchor fun, if thin, production
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“My look for tonight is quite pearly, I would say, and it feels like water.”
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Nyongo said of the effect the film had on her career: "It really did set the paces for everything I've done since
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“I wanted her hair to embody the detail and discipline of haute couture.”
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“It’s such a no-brainer to be able to use this platform.”
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“We need better education, early diagnosis, and improved treatments.”
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2024· 5 entries
The Guardian: Press junkets are ‘torture’ says Lupita Nyong’o
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Nyong'o began hosting the podcast Mind Your Own, in which she tells stories from the African diaspora and talks about experiences relating to her own life and Kenyan heritage
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“I always want to feel like myself on the red carpet—an elevated version of myself, but myself nonetheless.”
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Was cast in Christopher Nolan's epic film The Odyssey, which was released in 2026
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Nyong'o played the lead role in the horror prequel film A Quiet Place: Day One
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2022· 1 entry
“To me it felt like a question about our value system in this culture, the ways we define success for ourselves as well as others,”
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2021· 1 entry
Nyong'o reprised her narration role in Serengeti (2019), where she earned her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination
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2020· 3 entries
Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Us (2020).
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The Africa Center announced Nyong'o as a member of its board of trustees
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Nyong'o was named one of Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women by Forbes
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2019· 5 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Black Panther (2019).
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Hosted the Channel 4 documentary Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong'o, in which she undertook a journey across Benin, West Africa, to search for the Dahomey Amazons
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“There are tons of Black women completely capable and are darn good at that,”
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Nyong'o wrote a children's book named Sulwe, which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller
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Nyong'o narrated the Discovery Channel documentary series Serengeti, about wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem
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2018· 1 entry
Starred as spy Nakia, a former member of Dora Milaje, a team of women who serve as special forces in Wakanda and personal bodyguards to T'Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Bl
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded OkayAfrica 100 Women (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (2016).
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The play premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre
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2015· 1 entry
Nyong'o returned to the stage with a starring role as an unnamed girl in the play Eclipsed, written by Danai Gurira
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2014· 9 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Awarded BET Award for Best Actress for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Awarded Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Awarded Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for 12 Years a Slave (2014).
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Was named the most beautiful woman by People
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Was chosen as one of the faces for Miu Miu's spring campaign, with Elizabeth Olsen, Elle Fanning and Bella Heathcote
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“s book named Sulwe, which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller. She also received nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for narrating two episodes of the docu-series Serengeti. In 2020, Nyong”
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2013· 1 entry
Her father was elected to represent Kisumu County in the Kenyan Senate and by 2017, he became Governor
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2009· 2 entries
Wrote, directed, and produced the documentary In My Genes, about the discriminatory treatment of Kenya's albino population
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And was terrified to play the character onstage
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2008· 2 entries
Nyong'o starred in the short film East River, directed by Marc Grey and shot in Brooklyn
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Made her acting debut with the short film East River and returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012)
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2001· 1 entry
And received the mean grade of 6 out of 7, coming second in her class
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1983· 1 entry
Born 1983-03-01.
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1980· 1 entry
For a period because of political repression and unrest; Lupita's uncle, Charles Nyong'o, disappeared after he was thrown off a ferry in 1980
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