Lupita Nyong’o is one of today's most famous and successful Black actors. Her successful movies 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther and Us have proven her as a force to be reckoned with.
With a successful acting career, fans can expect more from Lupita Nyong’o. So, what’s next for the Kenyan-Mexican actress and how much net worth has she already amassed?
The Start of Lupita Nyong’o’s Career
According to her Wikipedia page, after earning her bachelor’s degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College, she started her luck in Hollywood by working as a production assistant.
She made her acting debut in the short film East River in 2008 and did the TV series Shuga in Kenya in 2009.
In the same year, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes and pursued a master’s degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama.
After graduating, she made her first feature film in Steve McQueen’s biographical period drama 12 Years a Slave in 2013 and received critical acclaim. The film also made her the first Afro-Latino to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Aside from making a name in the mainstream media, Lupita Nyong’o also made her Broadway debut in the play Eclipsed in 2015, earning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination.
She then did the motion capture role of Maz Kanata in Star Wars sequel trilogy and lent her voice to Raksha in The Jungle Book.
She furthered her career when she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and did Black Panther, opposite the late Chadwick Boseman. She did another critically acclaimed film, Us, in 2019.
Lupita Nyong’o’s Accolades, Recognitions and Net Worth
Lupita Nyong’o has earned several recognitions and accolades in her almost two decades in the entertainment business.
People named her the most beautiful woman in 2014. Her children’s book, Sulwe, became the number one New York Times Best-Seller in 2019.
She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator when she narrated the Discovery Channel docu-series Serengeti.
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Come 2020, Forbes named her one of Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women. She also has an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy award, four NAACP Image Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In addition, she has a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
For her incredible works, Lupita Nyong’o has amassed a net worth of $10 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
Lupita Nyong’o on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lupita Nyong’o is set to reprise her role as Nakia in the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
After the movie’s teaser dropped at the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con, it gave everyone a bittersweet feeling after T’Challa (Boseman) had greatly influenced its story.
“It’s been a doozy of a few years for everybody,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “For us as a cast, having lost our king, Chadwick Boseman, that was a lot to process, and in many ways, we’re still processing it. When you lose someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them. And of course, we felt it so much, making this film without him.”
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She continued that doing this movie “against all odds” was already a powerful statement.
“I am very proud that we did it. It was very therapeutic,” she added. “It restored a sense of hope for me in making it, and I think we’ve expanded the world of Wakanda in ways that will blow people’s minds—not just Wakanda, but the Black Panther world. It’s gonna blow people’s minds, and I just cannot wait until it’s not a secret anymore.”
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