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
dark hair tvs
Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself. I'd grown up watching a lot of American TV.
understanding circumstances understanding-yourself
It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.
play risk safe
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
dream actors wanted
Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.
supportive wish actors
My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.
way needs theater
The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.
color purple people
I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.
drama school years
It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.
makeup worn
Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.
actors kind speak
I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.
beautiful mother thinking
I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty. Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people...I think beauty is an expression of love.
drama school phones
I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.
actors reason new-things
I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.
dream school oscars
I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.