Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress which has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand dollars.

Lupita Nyong'o started her acting career when she acted in several school plays. Her first professional acting debut in Romeo and Juliet, as she portrayed the role of Juliet.

Upon graduating from Hampshire College, Nyong'o worked as a production crew in several films such as Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener, Mira Nair's The Namesake and Salvatore Stabile's Where God Left His Shoes.

She appeared in the 2008 short film, East River. When Nyong'o returned in Kenya, she did some TV and film works such as Shuga, and In My Genes.

While she's studying her masterial degree in acting at Yale School of Drama, Nyong'o appeared in numerous stage plays which includes Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and The Winter's Tale. She is the recipient of Herschel Williams Prize during the 2011-2012 academic year.

She was notable for her role in the film, 12 Years a Slave. Nyong'o was nominated for several awards which includes Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She won the Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Supporting Actress.

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born on March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico.