Where was actress Lupita Nyong'o born?

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, a college professor and former politician. The family had left Kenya in 1980 for a period because of political repression and unrest.

Nyong'o identifies as Kenyan-Mexican and has dual Kenyan and Mexican citizenship.

She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College. She later earned a master's degree at Yale.

She had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen's historical 2013 drama '12 Years a Slave', for which she received critical acclaim including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for women's rights and animal rights. Nyong'o made her writing debut with a children's book entitled 'Sulwe' (2019), which became a number one New York Times Best-Seller.

Nyong'o resides in New York. She is a fluent speaker of Swahili, Spanish, Luo, and English. On 27 February 2014, at the Essence Black Women In Hollywood luncheon in Beverly Hills, she gave a speech on the beauty of black women.