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Lupita Nyong'o

(1983) Film Actor United States

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Lupita Nyong'o is a film actor from the United States, best known for Sulwe.

Quick Facts About Lupita Nyong'o

Born: March 1, 1983
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Sulwe

About Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Actor Award, an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress

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BET Award for Best Actress OkayAfrica 100 Women

Quotes by Lupita Nyong'o · Page 3

There is no shame in black beauty,

Beauty

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I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite…

Feelings

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I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It…

About

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I've loved the opportunity to learn about the fashion world and appreciate it as an art form, and I look forward to…

About

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Home is where my family is.

Family

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The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where…

Chess

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I love filmmaking, but I decided to go to drama school because I thought that when I'm 60 and looking back on…

Acting

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I am thrilled beyond words that The Academy has recognized my performance in Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave,' and I am…

Academy

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In the madness, you have to find calm.

Calm

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Human beings have an instinct for freedom.

Freedom

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I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When…

Anyone

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When I was in the second grade, one of my teachers said, "Where are you going to find a husband? How are…

Cream

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It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

Circumstances

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I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study…

Actor

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All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave…

Cinema

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I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have…

Black

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You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

Badass

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Ralph Fiennes was a pivotal influence on me. He asked me, 'So what is it you want to do?' I very shyly,…

Acting

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It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone…

Academy awards

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I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.

Awards

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Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that…

Actors

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I dress according to how I feel.

Dresses

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You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you.

Beauty

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I don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.

Get

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I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to…

Dream

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