LUPITA NYONG'O
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was
born March 1, 1983 in
Mexico City, Mexico, to
Kenyan parents, Dorothy and
Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her
father, a senator, was then a
visiting lecturer in political
science. She was raised in
Kenya. At age 16, her parents
sent her back to Mexico for
seven months to learn
Spanish. She read film
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studies at Hampshire College,
Massachusetts and, after
working as a production
assistant on several films,
graduated from the Yale
School of Drama's acting
program. In 2013, she
impressed cinema audiences
in her film debut, as
brutalized slave Patsey in
acclaimed director. Steve
McQueen's 12 Years a