Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) is a Kenyan actress and filmmaker. The first American movie she acted in was "12 Years a Slave". In 2014 Nyong'o was nominated for the British Film Academy’s Rising Star Award. She was on the cover of "Dazed & Confused"s and "W" magazine's February 2014 issues. Nyong'o was named the most beautiful in the world by PEOPLE magazine in April 2014. She was also in "" (2015) and "The Jungle Book" (2016).