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12 Years a Slave

Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her first feature film role. She was a year out of drama school Celebrity Buzz Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her first feature film role. She was a year out of drama school Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico City to Kenyan parents and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2012. Her first feature film role, Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in March 2014.