Lupita's Innocent Intentions That Led to Successful Acting Career

Actress Lupita Nyongo opened up on the early events in her life that inadvertently led to her success in the acting sphere.

Speaking to, New York Times, in March 2019, she narrated that she took up acting as a means to win her  parents' attention and manipulate their emotions and get her way.

She told the publication that growing up, her parents had a very liberal mind and encouraged their children to follow their dreams from a very young age, a matter that she took advantage of.

Anyang' Nyong'o, Lupita Nyong'o, and Dorothy Nyong'o during the launch of 'US' movie in March 10, 2019.

Her aunt, who she identifies as Amondi Nyongo, then became the catalyst for her acting career, making it grow leaps and bounds.

Being a theatre actress in Nairobi herself, Lupita narrated that Amondi would push her and her cousins to perform short skits at family gatherings, which helped develop her acting skills.

Fast forward years later, the Nyong'o family has been a close pillar in Lupita's acting life, having been there for her when she wrote history by being the first-ever African woman to win an Oscar Awards on March 2, 2014.

Her parents also attended the launch of box office hit, Us, written by Jordan Peele, where Lupita plays the role of Red. 

To date, Lupita attributes her movie success to the roles that her parents and her aunt played in her young life, not only in terms of theatre but also appearance.

In her appearance on the cover the Vanity Magazine, one of the most celebrated fashion magazines in the US in September 2019, Lupita attributed her fashion sense to her mom, Dorothy Nyong'o.

“The gesture of my style is definitely my mom. I always thought she was very elegant, and she was always present with the way she put herself together without being precious.”

Veteran actress Lupita Nyongo during a photoshoot with Vogue Magazine in March 2019.

“I kind of oscillated between the two. I find I love the elegant, the classic, the simple, but I also like the outrageous and the quirky and the almost accidental,” Lupita intimated.

She is currently one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood scene.

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