Career timelines
Lupita Nyong'o: training and film milestones
Selected milestones from In My Genes and Yale to an Oscar and major screen roles.
What this record covers
Selected training, film and publishing milestones from 2009 through 2022. This is not a complete filmography, and announced adaptations are not treated as released work.
Position at the coverage date
Historical record of the Kenyan-Mexican actor, filmmaker and author, with awards distinguished from nominations. [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4]
Record details
- Training
- Yale records a bachelor's degree from Hampshire College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. [s1]
- Documentary work
- Yale identifies Nyong'o as the director and producer of In My Genes, about discrimination against people with albinism in Kenya. [s1]
- Awards and nominations
- The Academy lists her as the 2014 supporting-actress winner. The Golden Globes lists her as a nominee that year. [s2] [s3]
- Writing for children
- Yale's biography identifies Nyong'o as the author of the children's book Sulwe; a publication date is not inferred from that account. [s1]
- Work in Kenya
- Yale records theatre activity and a television role during her youth in Kenya, without specifying dates for those roles. [s1]
The sequence
9 documented milestones. Highlighted entries mark turning points. Dates retain the precision of the source.
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Directed and produced In My Genes
Yale dates the documentary about discrimination against people with albinism in Kenya to 2009.
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Completed her Yale MFA
Yale records her graduation from its School of Drama with an MFA in 2012.
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Appeared in 12 Years a Slave
The Golden Globes biography dates her role in Steve McQueen's film to 2013.
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Won the supporting-actress Oscar
The Academy lists Nyong'o as the winner for 12 Years a Slave at the ceremony on 2 March 2014.
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Appeared in The Force Awakens
The Golden Globes biography records her role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.
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Starred in Queen of Katwe
The Golden Globes biography records her role in Mira Nair's film in 2016.
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Played Nakia in Black Panther
The Golden Globes biography identifies her role as Nakia in the 2018 film.
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Starred in Us
The Golden Globes biography records her starring role in the horror film Us in 2019.
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Returned in Wakanda Forever
The Golden Globes biography records her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022.
Sources & evidence
- [s1] oiss.yale.edu
- [s2] www.oscars.org
- [s3] goldenglobes.com
- [s4] www.bbc.com
Public update history
— Researched against university, awards-body and publisher records. Coverage dates and omissions apply.
— Titles and explanatory text passed the copywriting and source-consistency checks. Sources and data are unchanged.