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0%Actress & Filmmaker
Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and filmmaker. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her debut film role in '12 Years a Slave' (2013), making her the first Kenyan and first Mexican actress to win an Oscar.
Academy Award, SAG Award, and Emmy winner.
In 2020 Forbes named her one of Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women.
Authored the bestselling children’s book 'Sulwe'.
Bachelor’s degree in Film and Theater Studies from Hampshire College
Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.