“I guess this accent is called Lupita! I don’t know who could claim it but me.” ...

On her new podcast ‘Mind Your Own,’ Lupita Nyong'o opened up about embracing her identity: “This accent is called Lupita!” ...

Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has revealed in order to be more marketable in the United States cinema scene she had to ...

Nyong’o was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents after her family had fled Kenya due to political repression and unrest in 1980. The family returned to Kenya when Nyong’o was less than one ...

Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has opened up about how she spent years battling with the way she speaks and ...

Lupita Nyong’o has opened up about embracing her Kenyan accent after years of masking it to fit into Hollywood.

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o revealed on her new podcast, Mind Your Own, that she toned down her Kenyan accent early in her ...

Lupita Nyong’o does not want to camouflage her true self with a different accent.In the first episode of her new podcast, ...

I want to send a message that being an African is enough,'’ she said. "They had never heard me speak in a Kenyan accent." Nyong’o finished by saying that her mother supported the choice ...

Although she embraced her East African accent while enrolled at Massachusetts' Hampshire College, Lupita recalled the shift happening when she joined the Yale School of Drama to pursue acting.

Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has opened up about what made her turn back to her Kenyan accent. She said that ...