Lupita Nyong'o Overview

Born in Mexico City, Mexico to parents Dorothy and politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Lupita Nyong'o is the second of six children. Since it was tradition in Mexico to name a child after the events of the day, Lupita received a Mexican name. Her parents, although originally from Africa, were in Mexico as political refugees but before Lupita was even a year old, they moved back to Kenya when her father was hired as a professor at the University of Nairobi. At 16, Lupita was sent back to Mexico for... See All