15 Things you don’t know about Lupita Nyong’o

15 Things you don’t know about Lupita Nyong’o

1. Lupita Nyong’o has family suffered real brutality and torture in Kenya
2. Lupita Nyong’o ‘s father Peter Anyang Nyong’o was tortured repeatedly.
3. Lupita Nyong’o ‘s  uncle Charles Nyong’o’s body was never found after he was attacked on board a ferry
4. Lupita Nyong’o ‘s   father, Peter Nyong’o, is a leading Kenyan politician. He is the country’s Minister of Medical Services
5. Lupita Nyong’o was born in Mexco
6. Growing up in Kenya, Lupita Nyong’o and her siblings had to move with their parents from place to place due to her father’s political work
7. Lupita Nyong’o  is also film and music video director
8. Lupita Nyong’o   graduated from Hampshire College with a bachelor’s degree in film and theatre studies
9. Lupita Nyong’o   attended an all-girls school in Kenya and acted in school plays, with a minor role in Oliver Twist being her first play
10. Lupita Nyong’o    is the sixth black actress to win an Oscar and the first Kenyan ever to win the prestigious award
11. Lupita Nyong’o     lives in Brooklyn, USA
12. Lupita Nyong’o   is fluent in her native Luo, English, Swahili and Spanish
13. Lupita Nyong’o ‘s views about herself changed when she saw South Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek become successful.
14. Lupita Nyong’o ‘s mother is currently the managing director of the Africa Cancer Foundation and her own communications company
15. Lupita Nyong’o   has Mexican citizenship