Lupita Nyong'o
- Active years (films on this site)
- 2016–2019
- Schools and movements
- Horror and the UncannyIndian Parallel CinemaWomen Directors
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Biography
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. She is known for her roles in films, television series, and stage productions such as 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; the play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; Black Panther (2018) and its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); the horror films Us (2019) and A Quiet Place: Day One (2024); the animated film The Wild Robot (2024); and Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey (2026).
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Awards and honours
International
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2014
- BET Award for Best Actress 2014
- Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 2014
- Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress 2014
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress 2014
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 2014
- Theatre World Award 2016
- OkayAfrica 100 Women 2017
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2019
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 2020
2 films on this site
- Queen of Katwe 2016 · Mira Nair · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
- Us 2019 · Jordan Peele · IMDb 6.8 · Cast