Lupita with fellow 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor and her father Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o at the 12 Years a Slave dinner hosted by Grey Goose Vodka. — at Sunset Tower Hotel.
Lupita Nyong'o with her father Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o at the 12 Years a Slave dinner hosted by Grey Goose Vodka. — at Sunset Tower Hotel.
Lupita with actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 12 Years a Slave dinner hosted by Grey Goose Vodka on March 1, 2014. — at Sunset Tower Hotel.
Lupita with fellow 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor at the dinner hosted by Grey Goose Vodka in honour of their film. — at Sunset Tower Hotel.
Lupita's 12 Years a Slave co-star Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen at the dinner hosted by Grey Goose Vodka in honour of their film.
By Antony Karanja
DALLAS, TEXAS 2nd March 2014
Kenyan actress
Lupita Amondi Nyong’o has made history after scooping the Best
Supporting Actress Oscar at the 86th Academy awards held in Los Angeles,
California on Sunday night for her role in the movie 12 years a Slave.
Lupita who is the first Kenyan to be nominated as well as win an Oscar was in the company of her family.
She
beat out her main competitor Jennifer Lawrence who had been nominated
for the award for her role in the movie American Hustle.
Other
nominees in the category included Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Julia
Roberts (August: Osage County) and June Squibb (Nebraska).
A
clearly stunned Lupita took the stage to a standing ovation and went on
to thank the 12 years a slave cast. She also thanked her brother Junior
who was sitting next to her as well as her family.
"As I look down this Oscar, I hope that every child knows that no matter where you come from, Your dreams are valid." She said.
GRACE AND HUMILITY
The
win wraps up the 2013 film awards season in which she won more than 60
per cent of the awards nominations. With the Oscar win, she won 27
awards out of 42 nominations during the 2013 film awards season.
She
adds the Oscar to her collection which includes the Hollywood Film
Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Image Awards, Screen Actors Guild
(SAG) Awards and several others.
The Yale University
graduate had been tipped as the favourite to win the award due to her
strong performance in the slave era movie and graciousness in the
interview circuit where critics said she conducted herself “with grace
and humility.”
During the Red Carpet event prior to the
awards show official start, Lupita gave a shout out to Nairobi when
answering a question from Ryan Seacrest the American Idol talent show
host about her dress.
“This is Prada….. it was made for
me. I like the blue as the blue reminds me of Nairobi,” she said
fiddling with the dress. “I just wanted to bring a piece of home with
me.”
The statement prompted hashtag Nairobiblue to
trend on social media. The statement “the blue reminds me of Nairobi”
trended widely on Twitter as well.
A little after the
start of the show a thrilling moment for Kenyans watching the event was
in the form of a short dance by Lupita along with US artist Pharell
Williams during a performance of his song “Happy” a soundtrack from the
movie Despicable Me 2. The artist then moved to actress Meryl Streep.
The Oscar win for the new Hollywood favourite who turned 31 on Saturday capped a memorable weekend for the newly minted star.
On
Saturday, she celebrated a star studded birthday party graced by the
presence of Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as well as the
cast of “12 Years a Slave.”
This weekend, Lupita’s new
movie topped the US box office toppling weekend toppling Warner Bros.
animated The Lego Movie which had reigned for three weeks.
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