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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born on the 1st of March 1983 in Mexico City. Her father Anyang' Nyong'o taught political science at El Colegio de México while her mother Dorothy Ogada Buyu stayed home with their family.
Steve McQueen cast Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in his historical drama 12 Years a Slave released in 2013. The film portrayed Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Washington DC in 1841. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress becoming the second African actress to win the award and the first Kenyan actress to win an Oscar.
Danai Gurira wrote the play Eclipsed which premiered at the Public Theater Off-Broadway in September 2015. The story takes place during the chaos of the Second Liberian Civil War where captive wives form a community. Nyong'o played an unnamed girl who arrives to upset the balance of their lives.
Black Panther grossed over $1.34 billion worldwide emerging as the eleventh highest-grossing film of all time. She reprised the role of Nakia in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever released in November 2022. This marked the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
That event occurred on the 30th of April during which the Kenyan government burned one hundred five tonnes of ivory. In April 2016 she launched an anti-poaching hearts-and-minds campaign ahead of this event while serving as Global Elephant Ambassador for WildAid.