Date of Birth : 1 March 1983, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Birth Name : Lupita Amondi Nyong'o
Height : 165 cm
Bio
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014), and will have roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016).
Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah".
Trivia
- Lupita is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
- It is a Luo tradition to name a child after the events of the day, so her parents named her Lupita. She is the second of six children.
- Her father, Professor Anyang' Nyong'o, is a senator in Kenya.
- Considers herself Mexican-Kenyan.
- Is fluent in Luo, English, Swahili and Spanish.
- Moved from Mexico back to Kenya with her family when she was less than a year old.
- First Mexican actress to win an Academy Award.
Known for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Maz Kanata
Non-Stop (2014)
Gwen
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Patsey
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