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About Lupita Nyong'o
Kenyan actress
Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan actress, known for work in film, television, and theatre. Born Lupita Amondi Nyong’o, she has received an Academy Award, an Actor Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave (2013). Her credits also include the play Eclipsed (2015), which brought her a Tony Award nomination, along with Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), the horror films Us (2019) and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), the animated film The Wild Robot (2024), and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026).
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- “Maybe we shouldn't be looking for love. Maybe we should be looking for a person. Because maybe you can find l…”C. JoyBell C.
- “I think you have bits of Primord in your hair...And you look …bloody...You look a mess, Halíka...But you are…”Alexandra May
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Books by Lupita Nyong'o
Sulwe
2021