Lupita Nyong’o is an Academy Award®-winning actress known for her work in BLACK PANTHER, US and 12 YEARS A SLAVE, for which she received the Oscar, SAG Award, Critics’ Choice Award, Spirit Award and NAACP Image Award. She also became a New York Times bestselling author for her book Sulwe. 

She earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut and last summer played “Viola” alongside Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Junior Nyong’o in Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night, directed by Saheem Ali.

Her award-winning original storytelling podcast, Mind Your Own, explores themes of belonging from an African perspective.

Nyong’o has partnered with Foundation for Women’s Health to fund a research grant to accelerate the development of non-invasive and minimally invasive treatments for uterine fibroids.

She will co-star in Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY releasing in theaters in July.