Glamsquad Magazine December 2022
Lupita Nyong’o: The Black African Princess of Hollywood
Lupita Nyong’o: The Black African Princess of Hollywood
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REPORTAGE<br />
She became the first Kenyan<br />
and Mexican actress to win an<br />
Academy Award.<br />
Nyong’o made her<br />
Broadway debut as a teenage<br />
orphan in the critically<br />
acclaimed play Eclipsed<br />
(2015), for which she was<br />
nominated for a Tony Award<br />
for Best Actress in a Play.<br />
Following a motion capture<br />
role as Maz Kanata in the<br />
Star Wars sequel trilogy and<br />
a voice role as Raksha in The<br />
Jungle Book (2016), Nyong’o<br />
starred as Nakia in the Marvel<br />
Cinematic Universe superhero<br />
film Black Panther (2018).<br />
In addition to acting,<br />
Nyong’o supports historic<br />
preservation. She is vocal<br />
about preventing sexual<br />
harassment and working for<br />
women and animal rights. In<br />
2014, she was named the<br />
most beautiful woman by<br />
People.<br />
She was also named<br />
among the Inaugural List of<br />
100 Most Influential African<br />
Women in 2019 by Avance<br />
Media.<br />
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