2013
12 Years a Slave
Played Patsey and won the Academy Award for supporting actress.
FLM.REDLUPITA
NYONG’O
ลูพิตา นยองโก
An actor whose work moves from historical drama to superhero cinema and animation.
Lupita Nyong’o has built a career across film and stage, including an Academy Award-winning performance and the voice of Roz in The Wild Robot.
From the stage to a robot finding home
Born in Mexico and raised in Kenya, Lupita Nyong’o studied acting at Yale School of Drama. Her screen and stage work spans different countries and traditions.
Her performance as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave earned the Academy Award for supporting actress. She later played Nakia in Black Panther and appeared in Jordan Peele’s Us.
In The Wild Robot, Nyong’o voices Roz, a robot learning to live among animals on an island. The link below leads to the film currently available in the FLM.RED catalogue.
Selected roles
2018
Black Panther
Played Nakia.
2019
Us
Starred in the Jordan Peele film.
2024
The Wild Robot
Voiced Roz.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.