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Lupita Nyong'o

1983 - Today

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (US: loo-PEE-tə NYAWNG-oh, Swahili: [luˈpitɑ ˈɲɔŋɔ] , Spanish: [luˈpita ˈɲoŋɡo]; born 1 March 1983) is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. The daughter of Kenyan politician Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of three. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theatre studies from Hampshire College. She later began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lupita Nyong'o is the 3,695th most popular actor (up from 4,233rd in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 227th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Mexican Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lupita Nyong'o ranks 3,695 out of 13,578Before her are Eric Bogosian, Joachim Hansen, Marc Lawrence, Dick Powell, Mark Damon, and Jean-Marc Barr. After her are Terrence Howard, Supriya Pathak, Émilie Dequenne, Mark Sheppard, Sandy Martin, and Roger Carel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Lupita Nyong'o ranks 54Before her are Blanka Vlašić, Jérémy Mathieu, Mika, Goran Pandev, Pippa Middleton, and Braun Strowman. After her are Kim Clijsters, Golshifteh Farahani, Fred, Raul Meireles, Tina Maze, and Ronnie Radke.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lupita Nyong'o ranks 202 out of 729Before her are Rosie Reyes (1939), Arturo Ripstein (1943), Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), José Ruiz (1904), and Don Miguel Ruiz (1952). After her are Sergio Pitol (1933), Alfredo del Águila (1935), Arturo de Córdova (1908), Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789), Leona Vicario (1789), and Amado Nervo (1870).

Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Lupita Nyong'o ranks 40Before her are Alfonso Arau (1932), Claudio Brook (1927), Manuel Ojeda (1940), Eugenio Derbez (1961), Lupita Tovar (1910), and Ignacio López Tarso (1925). After her are Arturo de Córdova (1908), Diana Bracho (1944), Maite Perroni (1983), Kate del Castillo (1972), Lola Beltrán (1932), and Laura Zapata (1956).