
Lupita Nyong'o
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Biography
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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Oscars

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Daily Show

Tony Awards

Entertainment Tonight

Big Mouth

Finding Your Roots

Sesame Street

Lip Sync Battle

Marvel Studios Legends

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2 Dope Queens

Human Resources

Desus & Mero

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny

The Jungle Book

Non-Stop

Black Is King

The Odyssey

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

Black Panther

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

12 Years a Slave

The 355

Black Panther 3

Lady in the Lake

Little Monsters

Us

The Wild Robot

A Quiet Place: Day One

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
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