Kenyan-Mexican actress
Born: March 1, 1983
Lupita Nyong’o is an actress and film and music video director of dual Kenyan and Mexican citizenship. After graduating from Hampshire College with a bachelor’s degree in film and theater studies, Nyong’o worked as a production assistant on several Hollywood films. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently starred in the Kenyan television series Shuga (2009). Also in 2009, she wrote, produced, and directed the documentary film In My Genes. Nyong’o later completed a master’s degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama, followed by her first feature film role in Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013). Her role in the film was widely acclaimed, earning her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among numerous other awards and nominations. In 2014, she was named “the most beautiful woman” by People magazine.
Lupita Nyong’o’s 5 most popular quotes
- What I’ve learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.
- You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.
- Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head – the saboteurs that tell us we can’t.
- What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.
- I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.
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