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Lupita Nyong'o

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o

NICK NAMES

Lupita

BIRTHDAY

March 1, 1983

BORN ON DAY

Tuesday

NEXT BIRTHDAY ON

Sunday

BIRTHPLACE

Mexico City, Mexico

AGE

42 Years 0 Months 19 Days

NATIONALITY

Mexican

PROFESSION

Movies (Actress)

ZODIAC

PISCES

FEATURES

Dark brown eyes and black hair

Physical Stats

WAIST

24 ''

Hip

37 ''

DRESS SIZE

6 ''

HEIGHT

5'5''(feet & inches)

1.651 meters

165.1 cm

WEIGHT

51 kg

112.2 lbs

Lupita Nyong'o Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Dorothy Nyong'o

FATHER

Peter Anyang' Nyong'o

BROTHER(S) NAME

Peter Nyong'o

SISTER(S) NAME

Esperanza Nyong?o

CHILDHOOD IMAGE

Lupita Nyong'o Marriage, Affairs and Children

AFFAIR

Jared Leto (2014- )

AFFAIR

K?Naan (2014- )

Fame & Address

DEBUT

East River (Short Film 2008)

FAMOUS FROM/AS

12 Years a Slave (Film 2013)

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Official Website

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Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Yale School of Drama

NET WORTH

$500 Thousand

LUPITA NYONG'O PICTURE

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Career of Lupita Nyong'o

She had a starring role in the short film "East River". Her performance in historical drama 12 Years a Slave was greatly admired and also won many awards for that. She had a starred as an unnamed girl in the play Eclipsed.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Lupita Nyong'o

Does Lupita Nyong'o takes alcohol? Yes. Champagne is her weakness.
Is Lupita Nyong'o in the habit of Smoking? NA.
She is the first Mexican and also first Kenyan actress to win an Academy Award.
As her father was also in politics. They had unwillingly left Kenya at the time of political unrest.
She was named as "The Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine and "Woman of the Year" by Glamour in the same year that is 2014.
She won an Oscar for her portrayal as Patsey in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave.
She dedicated her Critic's Choice Award to her uncle Aggrey Nyong'o who died in a car accident in 2002.
She had also taken Spanish lessons at the age of sixteen. Also, she is fluent in other languages such as Swahili, Luo, and English.
She was featured on the covers of several magazines like New York's spring fashion issue and the UK magazine Dazed & Confused.
She had also directed the music video The Little Things You Do by Wahu.
She was the first black celebrity to become the "Face of Lancome" also she promotes the French luxury cosmetic brand on a global scale.
She belongs to the same descent with former US President Barack Obama. She is a part of Luo tribe in Kenya which is also a tribe of Obama's father.
Before making her debut on screen, she had also worked as a production assistant on various films and wrote, produced, and directed her own documentary in 2009 called In My Genes.
The actress also has one hidden talent, she creates her own outfits and also made her own prom outfit.
It is unbelievable that the Award-winning actress was not confident in her skin in her childhood and teenage. She thinks herself alone as she does not find anybody of her color and hair type. She changed her opinion when she saw British-Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek in magazines which gave her confidence.
She felt very bad when she modeled for the cover of Grazia UK magazine and came to know that her photographs are heavily edited. They removed her ponytail and smoothed out her hair. Eventually, photographer An Le apologized for the "incredibly monumental mistake."
She is also a big fan of Yoga and is very conscious about her fitness.
She had also done voice role in the animated film The Jungle Book and provided the voice of Ton Raksha, a mother wolf who adopts Mowgli.