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
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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 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.
calm madness
In the madness, you have to find calm.
capacity cruelty humans
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
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.
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I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.
acting roles newness
There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.
careers want stories
I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.
beautiful mom mother
[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.
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It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.
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My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico.
school strengths
I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.
close fourteen schools
I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates.
easily felt
I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.
Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.