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Lupita Nyong'o
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Lupita Nyong'o

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia Context

This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Lupita Nyong'o. Actress (born 1983)

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Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o

Timeline

1840s
1841

The film, which met with widespread critical acclaim, is based on the life of...

The film, which met with widespread critical acclaim, is based on the life of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free-born African-American man of upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in Washington, DC, in 1841

career
1980s
1980

The family had left Kenya in 1980 for a period because of political repression...

The family had left Kenya in 1980 for a period because of political repression and unrest; Lupita's uncle, Charles Nyong'o, disappeared after he was thrown off a ferry in 1980

personal
1983

Birth

Birth of Lupita Nyong'o.

personal
1983

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born on 1 March 1983 in Mexico City to Kenyan...

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born on 1 March 1983 in Mexico City to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Anyang' Nyong'o, a college professor

personal
2000s
2001

Mary's School in Nairobi, where she received an IB Diploma in 2001 and received...

Mary's School in Nairobi, where she received an IB Diploma in 2001 and received the mean grade of 6 out of 7, coming second in her class

personal
2005

2000s: Early work Nyong'o began her career working as part of the production...

2000s: Early work Nyong'o began her career working as part of the production crew for several films, including Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener (2005), Mira Nair's The Namesake (2006), and Salvatore Stabile's Where God Left His Shoes (2007)

career
2008

In 2008, Nyong'o starred in the short film East River, directed by Marc Grey...

In 2008, Nyong'o starred in the short film East River, directed by Marc Grey and shot in Brooklyn

career
2009

Nyong'o also directed the music video "The Little Things You Do" by Wahu,...

Nyong'o also directed the music video "The Little Things You Do" by Wahu, featuring Bobi Wine, which was nominated for the Best Video Award at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009

career
2010s
2011

While at Yale, she won the Herschel Williams Prize in the 2011–12 academic year...

While at Yale, she won the Herschel Williams Prize in the 2011–12 academic year for "acting students with outstanding ability".Nyong'o at the 2013 New York Film Festival Immediately after graduating from Yale, Nyong'o landed her breakthrough role when she was cast in Steve McQueen's historical drama

career
2020s
2026

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career
2026

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