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born 1983 Kenya
Lupita Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.
Kenya Actresses Film producers Also known as: Lupita nyong'o
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“I always want to feel like myself on the red carpet—an elevated version of myself, but myself nonetheless.”
“I wanted her hair to embody the detail and discipline of haute couture.”
“We need better education, early diagnosis, and improved treatments.”
“It’s such a no-brainer to be able to use this platform.”
“My look for tonight is quite pearly, I would say, and it feels like water.”
Women’s issues are human issues. Hunger is a human issue and therefore hunger is a women’s issue.
Hunger is a defining issue for our world and climate change is worsening the problem. We must work to change this dynamic.
“There are tons of Black women completely capable and are darn good at that,”
“No more suffering in silence.”
My default is not to feel unwelcome. My default is to seek welcome.
I realized that books don't have to be about White people, they can actually represent all people
And I think those are two qualities that are really important as you get into the workforce and try find your place in the world
“I was dismissed, confused, and alone.”
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
I think ultimately that mentality that you can be whatever you put your mind to, and that the world you want to see is worth fighting for, won over.
“As an African woman, I am wary of the trap of telling a single story… the chance to appear in Eclipsed after winning an Oscar was an opportunity to share in the incredible (and too rare) freedom of playing a fully rendered African woman.”
I was completely overwhelmed…The body registers stress, whether good or bad, in the same way. So if it’s super exciting or super traumatising, your body is in equal distress. Though I would choose excitement over trauma every day.
When I was younger, one of the things that didn't help my dislike of reading was the fact that not a lot of the books that I was reading were relevant to my immediate life, to my immediate world.
“To me it felt like a question about our value system in this culture, the ways we define success for ourselves as well as others,”
"I definitely surprise myself with how much of a warrior spirit I have sometimes, because I think that politically, socially, and culturally there are wars to be fought."
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