Lupita Nyong’o is a hollywood actress who started her career as a production assistant. She is the daughter of Kenyan politician , Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o.forbes listed Lupita Nyong’o as The 50 Most Powerful women in 2020. She is also the first mexican women to win an Academy Award. Along with actress, the lady is also involved in many social works to uplift the back black community people. Come down to know more about Lupita Nyong’o wiki, career, net worth, relationship and many more:
Lupita Nyong’o wiki : bio, birth, parents, brother
Lupita Amondi Nyong’o is born in March 1, 1983 in Mexico to mother Dorothy Ogada Buyu who is the managing director of African cancer foundation and father Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o who was a college professor at the time. Their family had to leave kenya due to political pressure and threat. Her brother, Charles Nyong’o was thrown out of a ferry in 1980 and could not be found after that.
Lupita holds the citizenship of Kenya and Mexico both. She belongs to the Luo ethnic group of Kenya. The family returned back to Kenya when she was less than a year. After that she completed her studies from Rusinga International School in Kenya. Later on, when she was 16, her parents send her to Mexico to learn spanish and after that she went to UK to complete her studies. The lady graduated from Hampshire college with the degree in Film and theater studies.
Lupita Nyong’o career : artist, actress, writer
Lupita was into arts since her school days. She used to take parts in shows and programs. The official career of the lady started from the year 2005 as a crew member of production crew. Her career as a actress started from the short movie East River in 2008, which was shot in Brooklyn. After that she returned to Kenya and started working there in Kenyan series and televisions. The actress has also directed many documentary videos and songs which have made her renowned and famous as well as won many awards.
The lady has won many awards in her life for various roles in different movies. The lady is the first kenyan and Mexican lady as well as second african actress to win a oscar award. Forbes described her role in movies as ” the center of the film’s best sequence,” . Recently, in 2022 her new spy thriller The 365 will release which is one of the most awaited movie as it supports women to be out from this stereotype environment. The actress is also planning to release some of her animated music videos and various organization to uplift the women in black society.
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Lupita Nyong’o relationship : boyfriends, hookups
Lupita Nyong’o was in relationship with many actors. She prefers to hide her romances which leads to a lot of rumors among media and fans. She started dating with Chiwetel Ejiofor in 2012 while working in the movie 12 years of Slave. Their relation ended when the shooting of the movie is completed. After that in 2013, the actress started dating Michael Fassbender. Their relation lasted for very short period, soon in the same year the actress was seen with another guy, K’Naan who is a Somalian canadian rapper, poet.
She started dating Jared Leo after getting award as a best supporting actress. The couple neither confirmed nor denied about their relationship. After that, the actress started dating Michael B. jordan, co-star from black panther. After their relationship ended in 2018, Lupita is not in relationship. Neither there are any rumors regarding her relationship.
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Lupita Nyong’o net worth is about $1 million. The actress earned her fortune from actress and other different platform. Her book Sulwe became the best selling book of 2019 related about black people. Similarly her role in 12 years of slave, black panther etc made her earn more fortune and recognition.
Talking about her social media, Lupita has about 9 million followers with about 18k posts in her instagram account. 1.9 millions and 3.6 millions followers in her twitter and facebook account respectively.
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