Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na maua e Ejiofor le tele o faʻamanuiaga mo le taʻalo o le American abolitionist Solomon Northup i le 2013 biographical period drama film "12 Years a Slave". Na ia mauaina le BAFTA Award mo le Best Actor i se Matafaioi Taʻitaʻia ma na filifilia mo le Academy Award mo le Best Actor. E le gata i lea, na ia manumalo ai i faailoga o le Best Actor i le 3rd AACTA International Awards ma le 14th BET Awards, ma na filifilia i le 71st Golden Globe Awards, le
O le 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, le 19th Critics' Choice Awards, ma le 18th Satellite Awards. I le 2013, na ia faʻaalia ai foi i le BBC televise tala faʻasolopito "Dancing on the Edge", lea na filifilia ai o ia mo le Golden Globe Award, le Primetime Emmy Award, ma le Satellite Award. Na tuuina atu ia Ejiofor se CBE i le 2015.