Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is a Mexican-born Kenyan actress and filmmaker of dual Kenyan and Mexican citizenship. She is best known for her performance as Patsey in Steve McQueen's 2013 critically acclaimed historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, for which she earned an .
For Disney, she portrayed Maz Kanata via Motion capture in J.J. Abrams' 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens (for which she reprised the role in Rian Johnson's 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Abrams's 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as well as in the 2017 television series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny), and she provided the voice of Raksha in Jon Favreau's 2016 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. She also played Harriet Mutesi in Queen of Katwe, Nakia in Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and made an appearance in the Disney+ visual album Black Is King.
==Roles==
Maz_Kanata_Full.jpg|Maz Kanata(Star Wars sequel trilogy and Star Wars: Forces of Destiny)
Screen Shot 2016-05-11 at 6.26.07 PM.png|Raksha(The Jungle Book;2016 live-action adaptation)
Harriet Mutesi.jpg|Harriet Mutesi(Queen of Katwe)
Nakia - Profile.png|Nakia(Marvel Cinematic Universe)
==Gallery==
Lupita Nyong'o 72nd Golden Globes.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o attending the 72nd annual Golden Globes in January 2015.
Lupita Nyong'o behind the scenes JB16.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o behind the scenes of the 2016 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.
The-Jungle-Book-Special-Shoot RAKSHA.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o with Raksha for the 2016 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book.
Lupita Nyong'o Queen of Katwe premiere.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o at premiere of Queen of Katwe in September 2016.
Lupita Nyong'o SDCC17.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o speaks at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con.
Lupita Nyong'o visits JKL.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live in February 2018.
Lupita Nyong'o Sundance19.jpg|Lupita Nyong'o attending the 2019 Sundance Film Fest.
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Category:1980s births
Category:Females
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Category:The Jungle Book
Category:Mexican people
Category:The Queen of Katwe
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Category:Black Panther
Category:The Skywalker Saga
Category:Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Category:Voice actresses
Category:Marvel Cinematic Universe people
Category:African people
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