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 2 ... 009, 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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lupita Nyong'o, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actress | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
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Super Sema
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Serengeti
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Marvel Studios Legends
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Shuga
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Human Resources
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Big Mouth
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Nature Is Speaking
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Finding Your Roots
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The Oscars
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The View
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The Daily Show
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Tony Awards
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Lip Sync Battle
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Sesame Street
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Tagesschau
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2 Dope Queens
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Desus & Mero
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Entertainment Tonight
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Billy on the Street
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
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Hot Ones
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Sherri
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