Age: 43
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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress and author. She began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). In 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. She had her first feature film role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win an Academy Award. She made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She went on to perform a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019) and a lead voice role as Raksha in The Jungle Book (2016). Her career progressed with her role as Nakia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018) and her starring role in Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror film Us (2019). In addition to acting, she supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's and animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. She has also written a children's book named Sulwe (2019), which became a number-one New York Times Best-Seller. Also in 2019, she narrated the Discovery Channel docu-series Serengeti, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Narrator. She was named among Africa's "50 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes in 2020. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lupita Nyong'o, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lupita Nyong'o
Nakia
for Nakia in Black Panther: Kingdom of Wakanda
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After a vibranium-rich meteorite fell on its territory, Wakanda became an extremely advanced nation, developing technologies far beyond the imagination of the rest of the world. To protect its secrets, the country lives hidden under the guise of a poor and isolated nation, protected by an invisible barrier that separates it from the outside world. In the present day, King T'Chaka debates with the council the possibility of opening Wakanda's borders to the world, facing resistance from those who wish to preserve the kingdom's traditions. However, the discussion is interrupted when the mercenary and arms dealer Ulysses Klaw invades and assassinates the king. With his father's death, T'Challa is forced to assume the throne sooner than expected. While Klaw is hunted by White Wolf, the king's adopted son, T'Challa must prove his worth as a ruler and warrior, officially becoming the new Black Panther. At the same time, a new threat emerges: M’Baku, leader of the Jabari tribe, who desires to conquer the throne and transform Wakanda into an aggressive military power, breaking with its traditions. After being defeated by T’Challa in the ritual combat for the throne, M’Baku finds Klaw wounded and hiding in the forest. In exchange for help in taking Wakanda, he decides to protect T’Chaka’s assassin. Now, T’Challa will have to fight to defend his kingdom, his beliefs, and his family’s legacy, while discovering what kind of king he wants to be and what the future of Wakanda will be.
