Lupita Amondi Nyong'o portrayed Nakia in Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
She was interviewed for the documentary Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda, the Assembled episode The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever episode Nigeria: Past is Present, and the MPower episode The Women of Black Panther.
Awards[]
- She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her work on Black Panther.
- Together with Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright, she was nominated for an MTV Movie & TV Award for Best On-Screen Team for her work on Black Panther.
- She was nominated for a BET Award for Best Actress for her work on Black Panther.
- She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress for her work on Black Panther.
- Together with Chadwick Boseman, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock for her work on Black Panther.
- Together with Chadwick Boseman, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Ship for her work on Black Panther.
Trivia[]
- Lupita Nyong'o auditioned for the role of Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Lupita Nyong'o was also considered for the role of Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok.
- Lupita Nyong'o previously worked with Danai Gurira in Eclipsed.
- Lupita Nyong'o was previously interviewed by Trevor Noah on the Comedy Central production The Daily Show.
- Lupita Nyong'o previously worked with Andy Serkis in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi and again in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
- Lupita Nyong'o previously worked with Danny Sapani and Michaela Coel in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Lupita Nyong'o worked again with Winston Duke in Us.
- Lupita Nyong'o worked again with Sebastian Stan in The 355.
- Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, and Brett Dalton were classmates at Yale University.
- Lupita Nyong'o shares her birthday with Don Lee.
