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Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia
Lupita Nyong'o stars as Nakia, T’Challa’s love interest and a spy for the Wakandan nation.
After graduating from Hampshire College, Nyong'o started her film career behind the camera, working as a production assistant on The Constant Gardener and directing the documentary In My Genes, a film about the discrimination of albinos in Kenya.
Nyong’o has had an impressive acting career, winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for her first feature role in Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave. She repeated that first-time success with a Tony Award in 2016 for her Broadway debut in "Eclipsed."
Lupita Nyong'o stars as Nakia, T’Challa’s love interest and a spy for the Wakandan nation.
After graduating from Hampshire College, Nyong'o started her film career behind the camera, working as a production assistant on The Constant Gardener and directing the documentary In My Genes, a film about the discrimination of albinos in Kenya.
Nyong’o has had an impressive acting career, winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for her first feature role in Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave. She repeated that first-time success with a Tony Award in 2016 for her Broadway debut in "Eclipsed."
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