Lupita Nyong'o is known as an actress. She is most famous for her roles in '12 Years a Slave' and 'Black Panther.
Lupita Nyong'o was born in 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico. Her folks, Dorothy and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, were in political turmoil during her birth but had the option to come back to their country of Kenya during their little girl's youth. Her father later turned out to be part of the nation's senate while her mom, who worked in family affairs, took a leadership position with the Africa Cancer Foundation.
Having taken to drama and acquiring the lead role in a production of Romeo and Juliet, Nyong'o additionally came back to Mexico during her adolescents to learn Spanish. She set off for college in the United States, studying at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and acquiring her degree in film in 2003. Upon her arrival to Kenya during a school summer excursion, Nyong'o found that shooting for the drama The Constant Gardener was going on in her general vicinity. She joined the set as a production assistant and met Ralph Fiennes, who advised her to turn into an actor.
In June 2014, Disney's Lucasfilm reported that the Oscar victor, Lupita was joining the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the film having a December 2015 discharge release date. The actress depicts space privateer Maz Kanata, a role she repeated for the 2017 sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Nyong'o wound up in the center of another buzzworthy project when she was tapped to join the Marvel flick Black Panther as Nakia, the adoration interest of Chadwick Boseman's main character. The film proved to be a big hit and broke records for the four-day President's Day weekend in February 2018, rounding up more than $200 million domestically and over $360 around the world. The production was remarkable for breaking generalizations about the restrictions of promoting a majority all black cast.
Nyong'o went on to a co-featuring role in the comedy horror, Little Monsters, which debuted at Sundance in mid 2019. In August 2019, a trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released. Lupita will return to play the role of Maz Kanata.
Nyong'o was spotted in public with Black Panther co-star Michael B. Jordan, which created the gossip that they may be a thing. The rumors ended when it was confirmed that Jordan was dating a lady named Ashlyn Castro. Lupita was once romantically connected to Nigeria's GQ Style design manager Mobolaji Dawodu.
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
