Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o Movies and TV Shows

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and author. She began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). In 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. She had her first feature film role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win an Academy Award. She made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019) and a lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book (2016). Her career progressed with her role as Nakia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018) and her starring role in Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror film Us (2019). In addition to acting, she supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's and animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. She has also written a children's book named Sulwe (2019), which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller. Also in 2019, she narrated the Discovery Channel docu-series Serengeti, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator. She was named among Africa's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes in 2020. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lupita Nyong'o, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 3/1/1983 (41 years old)
  • Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
  • nationality: Kenyan
  • Net worth: $10,000,000
  • twitter: Lupita_Nyongo
  • instagram: lupitanyongo
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
A Quiet Place: Day One
role:
Sammy
Not available
2024

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Not available
2022

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
71%
The 355
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 61%
role:
Khadijah Adiyeme & 1 more
2022

Action

Thriller

5.6
61%
2020

Music

5.9
75%
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2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
Little Monsters
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 66%
role:
Miss Caroline
2019

Comedy

Horror

6.3
66%
Serengeti
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 79%
role:
Narrator
2019

Documentary

7.8
79%
Us
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 70%
role:
Adelaide Wilson / Red
2019

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

6.8
70%
2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
74%
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
68%
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 55%
role:
Maz Kanata (voice)
Not available
2017

Action

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
55%
Not available
Queen of Katwe
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Nakku Harriet
2016

Drama

7.4
72%
The Jungle Book
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 69%
role:
Raksha (voice)
2016

Adventure

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
69%
2015

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
73%
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Non-Stop
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 68%
role:
Gwen
2014

Action

Mystery

Thriller

6.9
68%
2013

Drama

History

8.1
80%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Lupita Nyong'o are, for example, Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The 355.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Microsoft and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are 12 Years a Slave (8.1), Serengeti (7.9) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (7.6).
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