Shuga, a ground-breaking MTV series about the ‘the lives of sexually active young Kenyans and highlight the risks associated with unprotected sex’ and impact of HIV/Aids catapulted Lupita Nyong’o to the attention of audiences in Kenya, and across Africa.
Since Shuga, Nyong’o has gone on and continues to push herself as an actress. Nyong’o’s big screen debut in 2013 will be in Twelve Years A Slave, by the acclai8jmed director, Steve McQueen’s where she plays the role of Patsey, a slave who’s both the object of affection and cruelty of her master.
Produced by Brad Pitt, film insiders have described it as a pivotal role and she will be starring alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Adepero Oduye. Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents, raised in Kenya and studied in the US, and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and has over 10 years of acting experience.
In 2007, she directed and produced the award-winning documentary, In My genes, a film which exposed the personal and societal challenges that people with albinism face as members of one of the most ‘hyper-visible and misunderstood minority groups’ of Kenya’s society. With over 5 stage plays to her name, her other starring roles include the critically acclaimed The Constant Gardener (2005) and The Namesake (2006).
Nyong’o is currently shooting the feature film thriller, Non-Stop, , co-starring Liam Neeson. With prominent film roles gradually lining up for the young Kenya actress and filmmaker, she is bound to be one of the talking points for 2013, where the growth of African actresses on the global stage is concerned.
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