Lupita Nyong’o Rocks Nigerian Dress To Lagos Party

Posted by: Folamidavid in Celebrity News Mar 3, 2020

Lupita Nyongo

Hollywood actress, Lupita Nyong’o is definitely enjoying her time in Lagos.

The movie star recently flaunted amazing pictures of herself wearing a Nigerian aso-ebi to a Lagos party and it was a beautiful sight to behold.

The color of the attire definitely blended well with her skin.

See what she wrote, “Funmbi said, “Make her look like a Lagos slay queen.” Tolu obliged.
Grateful to have been a part of the celebration of Engr. Olusegun Akann Doherty’s well-loved life.”

See the pics,

Lupita Nyongo

Stunning.

Lupita Amondi Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Nyong’o was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of one. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor’s degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College.

Nyong’o 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). Also 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. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s historical drama 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.

Nyong’o was born on 1 March 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, a college professor. The family had left Kenya in 1980 for a period because of political repression and unrest; Peter’s brother, Charles Nyong’o, disappeared after he was thrown off a ferry in 1980.

In 2020, Nyong’o was featured among the top 10 Best Actress in the 2020 Critic’s award. This was after a sterling performance in Us which she featured as a main actress.