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Aliases: Лупита Нионго , Lupita Amondi Nyong'o , Люпіта Ніонґо , 루피타 뇽오 , 露琵塔·尼詠歐 , לופיטה ניאנג'ו

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

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Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

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 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. 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.

Most Famous Work

Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
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5

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny

(2017) Maz Kanata (voice)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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7
Finding Your Roots
Average
6

Finding Your Roots

(2012) Self
Marvel Studios Legends
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7

Marvel Studios Legends

(2021) Nakia (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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7

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

(2017) Maz Kanata
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Average
7

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(2015) Maz Kanata
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Average
6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Sammy
2023 Self
Self - Actress
Self
2022 Nakia
Self
Shame Wizard Asha (voice)
Khadijah Adiyeme
2021 Self
Narrator (voice)
Sema
Nakia (archive footage)
2020 N/A
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self
Narrator (voice)
2019 Maz Kanata
Host
Self
Miss Caroline
Narrator
Adelaide Wilson / Red
Self - Illustrious Guest
2018 Herself (voice)
Giant
Nakia
Self
2017 Maz Kanata
Asha (voice)
Self
Maz Kanata (voice)
2016 Nakku Harriet
Self
Raksha (voice)
Self
2015 Self
Maz Kanata
Self
Flower
Self
Self
2014 Self
Self
Gwen
2013 Patsey
2012 Self
2009 N/A
2008 Self
2003 Self
1997 Self
1996 Self
1988 Self - Guest
1969 Herself
1956 Self - Presenter
1953 Self
N/A
Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2009 Executive Producer
Publicist
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2009 Sound Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
Book
Year Role Movie/Tv

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