List of awards and nominations received by Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o awards and nominations

Nyong'o at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International
Wins 67
Nominations 116

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o. She won her first Academy Award for her feature film debut in 12 Years a Slave (2013), where she became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win the award.[1][2] Nyong'o was also nominated for several awards including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Supporting Actress, which she won.[3]

Nyong'o made her Broadway debut as a teen orphan in the critically acclaimed play Eclipsed (2015), where she earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance. In addition, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Award for her performance.

In 2018, Nyong'o co-starred in the superhero film Black Panther, which earned her multiple award nominations, including BET Award for Best Actress, NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. The following year, she starred and earned nominations for her dual role in the horror film Us (2019), which included a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, two MTV Movie Awards, a NAACP Image Award for Best Actress (won), two People's Choice Awards, a Saturn Award for Best Actress, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

Nyong'o narrated the Discovery Channel's docu-series Serengeti (2019), about wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem. In 2020, she earned her first Emmy Award nomination for her narration as an Outstanding Narrator, making her the third black woman to be nominated in the category. She was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Character Voice-Over Performance.


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  1. ^ List of Mexican Academy Award winners and nominees#Supporting 2
  2. ^ Teresa Puente (2 March 2014). "Three Mexicans win Oscars". chicagonow.com.
  3. ^ "Kenyan Actress Lupita Nyong'o Gets Rave Reviews At Hollywood Movie Premiere". Vibe Weekly. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

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