Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o was born in Mexico City to Kenyan parents, but she is proficient in Spanish. What this indicates is that she has a mixed ancestry from Kenya and Mexico. She can also communicate effectively in Luo and Swahili.
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In 2013, after graduating from Yale’s drama program, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Patsey in Steve McQueen’s biopic 12 Years a Slave.
She has since starred in a number of successful films, including East River, Nonstop, The Jungle Book, Black Panther, Us, The 355 and the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Lupita, who plays the multilingual Nakia in the Black Panther films, has spoken about how happy she was to be able to showcase her heritage in the sequel. She uses Korean (which she had to learn) in the first film, but returns to her original Spanish in the sequel.
In an EW interview, she gushed about using her Spanish skills in a Marvel movie “was given freely without any strings attached. My anticipation was through the roof… Also, I was thrilled to help out… Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d get the chance to work in Spanish, but here we are in Black Panther.”
Lupita explained that her multifaceted heritage is reflected in the film. To quote the author, “Being born in Mexico and having that Mesoamerican culture represented, it’s very close to me.”
Lupita has won multiple awards and recognitions, including an Oscar, two primetime Emmy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination.
