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Lupita Nyong'o

Also known as: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o More info on her aliases

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Lupita Nyong'o Biography

Personal

Age: 42 years young
Born: Tuesday 1st of March 1983
Years active: 2005-present (started around 22 years old; 20 years active)
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality: (Mexican), (Kenyan)
Ethnicity: Black
Professions: Actress, Internet Personality, Model

Body

Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Height: 5'5" (or 165 cm)
Weight: 112 lbs (or 51 kg)
Measurements: 32-24-37
Bra/cup size: 32B show conversions
Boobs: Real/Natural

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Instagram follower count: 11.4m (as of June 2025)

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About Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and Dorothy Ogada Buyu, Nyong'o was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from age one. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theatre studies from Hampshire College.

Nyong'o 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 (2009โ€“2012). Also 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. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen's biographical period drama 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.

Nyong'o 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 (2015โ€“2019) and a lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book (2016). Nyong'o's 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, Nyong'o supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment, working for women's and animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. Nyong'o has also written a children's book named Sulwe (2019), which became a number one New York Times Best-Seller. Also in 2019, Nyong'o narrated the Discovery Channel docu-series Serengeti, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator. Nyong'o was named among Africa's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes in 2020.

As of July 2024, she has amassed 11.2 million followers on Instagram.

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Posted by legrandsir 2025-04-09 17:15  🛈  

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