Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan actress and producer. Her first feature film role was in the film 12 Years a Slave , for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as multiple accolades, including the Screen Actors Guild® Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the NAACP Award. She has since starred in Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe , Star Wars: The Force Awakens , Ryan Coogler's record-breaking box office hit Black Panther , and most recently...See more

Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan actress and producer. Her first feature film role was in the film 12 Years a Slave , for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as multiple accolades, including the Screen Actors Guild® Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the NAACP Award. She has since starred in Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe , Star Wars: The Force Awakens , Ryan Coogler's record-breaking box office hit Black Panther , and most recently in Jordan's Peele's critically acclaimed horror film, Us . Nyong'o earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed . She lives in Brooklyn. See less