Lupita Nyongo Bio, Age, Parents, Husband, Net Worth
Lupita Nyong’o Bio, Age, Parents, Husband, Net Worth – Lupita Amondi Nyong’o is a Mexican-born Kenyan actress.
She has received numerous honors, including an Academy Award and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
She was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, to Kenyan politician Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o and raised in Kenya since the age of three. She attended Hampshire College in the United States and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in film and theatre studies.
She later worked as a production assistant in Hollywood. She made her acting debut in the short film East River in 2008, and she later returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012).
Lupita Nyong’o Biography
Lupita Nyong’o identifies as “Kenyan-Mexican” and holds dual Kenyan and Mexican citizenship, and Lupita is not the only child of her parents as she is the second of six children and is of Luo descent on both sides of her family.
Her parents gave her the Spanish name Lupita because it is Luo tradition to name children after the events of the day (a diminutive of Guadalupe).
Her father served as a Kenyan government Minister for Medical Services before becoming Governor of Kisumu, Kenya. At the time of her birth, he was a visiting lecturer in political science at El Colegio de México in Mexico City.
When Lupita Nyong’o was less than a year old, her family relocated to Kenya, where her father was appointed as a professor at the University of Nairobi.
She describes her upbringing as “middle class, suburban” and that it was primarily in a creative family. She was born and raised in Nairobi. Children’s performances and theater outings were frequently a part of family gatherings. She attended Rusinga International School in Kenya, where she took part in school plays.
Lupita Nyong’o made her professional acting debut at the age of 14 in a production of Romeo and Juliet by the Nairobi-based repertory company Phoenix Players.
Nyong’o appeared in the plays On The Razzle and There Goes The Bride while a member of the Phoenix Players. Lupita Nyong’o credits Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey’s performances in The Color Purple with inspiring her to pursue a professional acting career.
It is on record that the parents of Lupita sent her to Mexico to learn Spanish when she was 16 years old. Nyong’o lived in Taxco, Guerrero, for seven months and attended classes at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s Learning Centre for Foreigners.
Nyong’o went on to attend St. Mary’s School in Nairobi, where she earned an IB Diploma in 2001 with a mean grade of 6 out of 7 and finished second in her class. She went to college in the United States, where she graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in film and theatre studies.
Her father was elected to the Kenyan Senate in 2013 to represent Kisumu County, and by 2017, he was appointed governor. The mother of actress Lupita Nyong’o runs both her own communications firm and the Africa Cancer Foundation.
Other family members include Isis Nyong’o, a media and technology executive who Forbes magazine named one of Africa’s most powerful young women, Tavia Nyong’o, a scholar and professor at New York University, Omondi Nyong’o, a paediatric ophthalmologist in Palo Alto, California, and Kwame Nyong’o, one of Kenya’s top animators and leading technology experts.
Lupita Nyong’o Age
As of 2022, Lupita was 39 years old. She was born on March 1, 1983.
Lupita Nyong’o Height
She has a height of 1.65 meters.
Lupita Nyong’o Parents
Her parents are Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o.
Lupita Nyong’o Husband
As of 2022, Lupita was not known to be married, however, she was reportedly dating Selema Masekela who happens to be a renowned TV personality.
Lupita Nyong’o Net Worth – How worthy is Lupita Nyong O?
Her reported net worth is $10 million.
Did Lupita Nyong’o attend Yale?
Lupita Nyong’o returned to school in 2010 to hone her acting skills. She was accepted into the Yale School of Drama’s master’s degree program in acting, beating out 950 other applicants to join an exclusive class of 16 people.
What is Lupita Nyong’o most famous for?
Lupita is famous for winning an Academy Award for her film debut in 12 Years a Slave (2013).
What ethnicity is Lupita Nyong’o?
Lupita Nyong’o was born in Mexico and raised in Kenya by an artistic family. She considers herself to be a Kenyan-Mexican with dual citizenship.
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