Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Ejiofor wuxuu helay abaalmarino badan oo uu ku ciyaaray ciyaaryahankii reer Ameerika ee abolitionist Solomon Northup ee filimka taariikh nololeedka ee 2013 "12 Years a Slave". Wuxuu helay Abaalmarinta BAFTA ee Jilaaga ugu Fiican doorka ugu weyn waxaana loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ee Jilaaga ugu Fiican. Intaa waxaa dheer, wuxuu ku guuleystay abaalmarinta Actor-ka ugu Fiican Abaalmarinta 3aad ee AACTA International Awards iyo Abaalmarinta 14aad ee BET Awards, waxaana lagu magacaabay Abaalmarinta 71aad ee Golden Globe Awards,
Abaalmarintii 20aad ee Screen Actors Guild Awards, Abaalmarintii 19aad ee Xulashada Tifaftirayaasha, iyo Abaalmarintii 18aad ee Satellite Awards. Sannadkii 2013, wuxuu sidoo kale ka soo muuqday taxanaha telefishanka ee BBC "Dancing on the Edge", oo loogu magac daray Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, iyo Satellite Award. Ejiofor waxaa la siiyay CBE sanadkii 2015.