Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author. She made her feature debut in Steve McQueen’s Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. For her performance, Nyong’o received the Academy Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Critics’ Choice Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the NAACP Image Award. She will next costar in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, alongside Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal. In 2024 Nyong’o starred in the Academy Award-nominated feature film The Wild Robot, written and directed by Chris Sanders, and in Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One, written and directed by Michael Sarnoski. The film was the most successful debut in the blockbuster franchise. Among her film roles, Nyong’o plays “Nakia” in Marvel’s Oscar-nominated Black Panther franchise. In Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed Us, Nyong’o played both “Adelaide” and “Red,” earning a Screen Actors Guild nomination, the NY Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and an NAACP Image Award. For her Broadway debut in Danai Gurira’s play, Eclipsed, Nyong’o earned a Tony nomination. In 2021 she played “Julieta” in The Public Theater’s bilingual (Spanish and English) audio adaptation of Romeo y Julieta for Tony-nominated director Saheem Ali.
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