Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o; born March 1, 1983) is a Mexi-Kenyan actress and filmmaker. She was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents and raised in Kenya. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 March 1983
CityMexico City, Mexico
CountryMexico
biggest press
The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.
capacity cruelty humans
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
fashion art becoming
What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.
independent awards spirit
I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.
calm madness
In the madness, you have to find calm.
opportunity black way
I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying we don't have work for black women. But right now I don't know what's next. I hope that there are more opportunities to come my way.
important important-things
Happiness is the most important thing.
beautiful mom mother
[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.
beautiful mother thinking
I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty. Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people...I think beauty is an expression of love.
dream school oscars
I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.
hustle-and-bustle kenya nairobi
I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.
sweet drama want
Drama is my sweet spot, but the thing about being an actor is that you want to do a variety of things. I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.
people connections able
As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.
red tacos eating
To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.