Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress who started acting as a teen in Kenya and went on to work behind the scenes of the film The Constant Gardener. She directed and produced the albinism documentary In My Genes and starred in the TV series Shuga. Nyong'o went on to earn acclaim for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, she starred in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Off-Broadway play Eclipsed. The actress also featured prominently as Nakia in the box office-shattering superhero film Black Panther (2018).
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Human Resources (2022)
Guest starring as Asha
- Episode 1x07: International Creature Convention (Mar 18, 2022)
Bookmarks (2020)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 1x04: Lupita Nyong'o Reads Sulwe (Sep 1, 2020)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x143: Catherine Zeta Jones, Phillip Phillips, Lupita Nyong'o, Ricky Martin (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 2x114: Lupita Nyong'o (Feb 14, 2018)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2019-12-11: Lupita Nyong'o (Dec 11, 2019)
- Episode 2019-03-28: Lupita Nyong'o (Mar 28, 2019)
- Episode 2018-02-22: Lupita Nyong'o (Feb 22, 2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2021-03-16: Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman (Mar 16, 2021)
- Episode 2019-03-18: Lupita Nyong'o, Vicky Ward, Karen O & Danger Mouse, Spike Jonze (Mar 18, 2019)
- Episode 2016-09-28: Lupita Nyong'o; Donnie Wahlberg; John Prine (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 2015-09-18: Lupita Nyong'o, Sen. Bernie Sanders, An American in Paris (Christopher Wheeldon, Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope) (Sep 18, 2015)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 5x09: Actresses (Jan 12, 2020)
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 3x04: Lupita Nyong'o vs. Regina Hall (Nov 2, 2016)
Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet (2015)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2024 Special: The Oscars Red Carpet Show 2024 (Mar 10, 2024)
73 Questions (2014)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2015-09-17: 73 Questions with Lupita Nyong'o (Sep 17, 2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2016-03-14: Lupita Nyong'o, Hayes MacArthur, Chris Janson, Matt Cameron (Mar 14, 2016)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2022-11-01: Lupita Nyong'o, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous (Nov 1, 2022)
- Episode 2019-10-07: Lupita Nyong'o, Dane Cook, Jay "Sinatraa" Won, Matthew "Super" DeLisi, The Avett Brothers (Oct 7, 2019)
Live! with Kelly & Michael (2012)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 4x157: Lupita Nyong'o, Regina Hall (Apr 14, 2016)
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2012)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 6x14: Flight (Nov 17, 2020)
Conan (2010)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2015-12-17: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie, J.J. Abrams (Dec 17, 2015)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 13x156: Lupita Nyong'o & David Oyelowo (Sep 28, 2016)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2014-01-22: Kevin Nealon, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Birch (Jan 22, 2014)
innerSPACE (2008)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2018-02-15: Thursday, February 15 (Feb 15, 2018)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2022-10-26: Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Duran Duran (Oct 26, 2022)
- Episode 2018-02-01: Lupita Nyong'o, Billy Eichner, Ty Segall, Rick Springfield (Feb 1, 2018)
- Episode 2016-09-21: Lupita Nyong'o, Bill O'Reilly, Jake Owen (Sep 21, 2016)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2018-02-19: Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Jay Pharoah (Feb 19, 2018)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
- Episode 2023-06-11: The 76th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 11, 2023)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Lupita Nyong'o
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2024-03-10: The 96th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 10, 2024)
- Episode 2022-03-27: The 94th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 27, 2022)
- Episode 2018-03-04: The 90th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 4, 2018)
- Episode 2015-02-22: The 87th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 22, 2015)
- Episode 2014-03-02: The 86th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 2, 2014)