40 Facts About Lupita Nyongo

Lupita Nyongo is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Lupita Nyongo has received nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.

Lupita Nyongo is the daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Lupita Nyongo was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of three.

Lupita Nyongo Nyong'o attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theatre studies from Hampshire College.

Lupita Nyongo later began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant.

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Lupita Nyongo then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama.

Lupita Nyongo went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and a lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book.

Lupita Nyongo Amondi Nyong'o was born on 1 March 1983 in Mexico City, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, a college professor.

Lupita Nyongo is of Luo descent on both sides of her family, and is the second of six children.

Lupita Nyongo's father was once a Minister for Medical Services in the Kenyan government and later became the Governor of the city of Kisumu, Kenya.

Lupita Nyongo attended Rusinga International School in Kenya and acted in school plays.

Lupita Nyongo went to the United States for college, graduating from Hampshire College with a degree in film and theatre studies.

Lupita Nyongo cites Ralph Fiennes, the British star of The Constant Gardener, as someone who inspired her to pursue a professional acting career.

Lupita Nyongo was nominated for several awards for 12 Years a Slave, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, including Best Supporting Actress, which she won.

Lupita Nyongo won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the sixth black actress to win the award.

Lupita Nyongo is the second African actress to win the award, the first Kenyan actress to win an Oscar, and the first Mexican to win the award.

Lupita Nyongo is the fifteenth actress to win an Oscar for a film debut performance.

Lupita Nyongo had wanted to play a role where her appearance was not relevant, and the acting provided a different challenge from her role as Patsey.

Lupita Nyongo was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 42nd Saturn Awards and Best Virtual Performance at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards for her role.

Lupita Nyongo turned down film roles in favour of the production.

Lupita Nyongo later co-starred in Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe, a biopic based on the true story about the rise of a young Ugandan chess prodigy, Phiona Mutesi, who becomes a Woman Candidate Master after her performances at World Chess Olympiads.

Lupita Nyongo earned her first Emmy Award nomination for her narration as an Outstanding Narrator at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, making her the third black woman to be nominated in the category.

Lupita Nyongo was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Character Voice-Over Performance.

Lupita Nyongo hosted the Channel 4's documentary Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong'o, in which she undertook a journey across Benin, West Africa to search for the Dahomey Amazons.

Lupita Nyongo left the production of The Woman King in which she had been cast around the time of filming this documentary.

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Lupita Nyongo appeared on the Global Citizen organised television event, Together at Home and joined the radio play presentation of Richard II from The Public Theater and WNYC as The Narrator.

Lupita Nyongo guest-starred in Netflix's adult-animated sitcom, Human Resources as Asha, a Shame Wizard who became Lionel's interest.

Lupita Nyongo will produce and star in Born a Crime, a film adaptation of Trevor Noahs memoir of the same name, in which she will portray Noah's mother, Patricia.

Lupita Nyongo will be reuniting with director Abe Forsythe and the creative team behind the horror comedy film Little Monsters for a starring role in a science fiction comedy film.

Lupita Nyongo is a fluent speaker of English, Spanish, Luo, and Swahili.

Lupita Nyongo said her views changed when she saw South Sudanese model Alek Wek become successful.

Lupita Nyongo later lent her voice in Conservation International's "Nature is Speaking" campaign as the flower.

Lupita Nyongo said she had never thought much about birthing practices until her sister introduced her to MHI executive director Rachel Zaslow.

Lupita Nyongo had vowed never to work with him thereafter, hence turning down an offer to star in Southpaw, a Weinstein-distributed film.

Lupita Nyongo further wrote about her commitment to work with female directors, as well as male feminist directors who have not abused their power.

Lupita Nyongo appeared on the October 2015 issue of Vogue, making it her second cover in a row.

Lupita Nyongo later appeared on the cover of UK's The Sunday Times Magazine for their October 2017 issue.

Lupita Nyongo later expressed her disappointment with the cover on social media for altering her hair to fit European standards of what hair should look like.

Lupita Nyongo was included in Tim Walker's 2018 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – themed Pirelli Calendar as character The Dormouse.

Lupita Nyongo was featured on singer Ciaras song "Melanin" under the moniker, "Troublemaker" along with La La Anthony, City Girls, and Ester Dean.