Lupita Nyong’o is Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year

It’s been a great year for Kenyan born actress Lupita Nyong’o. In February the “12 Years a Slave” actress won an Oscar  and she will be on the cover of the December 2014 issue of  Glamour magazine and was also named Woman of the Year.. It’s been a life-changing year for the 31-year-old actress.

Wining the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress definitely changed Lupita’s life! Thinking about that moment when she heard he named called at the show, Lupita revealed, “I don’t think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy Awards”.

The 31 year old actress, who was basically unknown two years ago, has now become one of the few African Hollywood actresses that the world has their eyes one. With a spectacular performance in 12 Years a Slave, her first major movie role, Lupita has bagged key roles in two upcoming movies – Jungle Book and Star Trek: Episode VII. 

Also listed as part of her future project is the film version of the novel ‘Americanah’ by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. According to reports, Lupita Nyong’o will take the lead female role and star as Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who migrates to America and starts blogging about race in her adopted country. Lupita states that she can’t wait to start working on it.

For the movie she has teamed up with Brad Pitt and his Plan B Entertainment to make the film version of ‘Americanah.’