The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of one.
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o ( US: / l uː ˈ p iː t ə ˈ n j ɔː ŋ oʊ/, Kenyan English: ( listen) Spanish: born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress.