Age: 43
female
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
Mary
for Mary in Once upon a time in Charleston.
Suggested by thecookieprincess
The story is set in Charleston, USA, 15 years after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Charlotte, a 23-year-old black woman, is trying to find her place in the new world. She dreams of a career as a writer, but her family forces her to marry a 43-year-old, cold and indifferent widower, Edward Haskell, to secure a better life. Charlotte feels trapped in her marriage, and her dreams are stifled. She sneaks out of the house at night, seeking freedom in the richer neighborhoods, where she accidentally spots a young man, Anthony - the son of a dead soldier, who inherited a fortune, but instead of squandering it, decided to help the poor. Charlotte begins to follow him, and in time their paths merge. They begin conversations, and their relationship turns into love. Anthony, though initially wary, falls in love with Charlotte, recognizing her talent and courage. Their relationship becomes an inspiration for Charlotte to write a novel about love that overcomes social and racial barriers. However, their affection is threatened by Charlotte's marriage, Edward's controlling behavior and the difficulties of racial and social differences. Charlotte and Anthony's love becomes not only a personal escape, but also a catalyst for her creativity and struggle for freedom.
