Congratulations to Lupita Nyong’o who has been named Glamour Woman of the Year 2014. We are proud to see Lupita flying high and representing a generation of strong, successful, independent minded African women. Her new addition as a woman entrepreneur with the option right purchase of Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘Americanah,’ tells us the best is yet to come.
Read excerpts from the interview below and check out the photos.
-Uduak Oduok
Photocredit: Tom Munro for Glamour Magazine
“A year ago, you didn’t know who Lupita Nyong’o was. Then you saw 12 Years a Slave and—wow. After this Oscar winner captivated the world, she made it her mission to redefine success and beauty. The rest is history.
Lupita Nyong’o would make a terrible spy; it’s impossible to imagine her blending into a crowd. As she strolls into the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on a cloudy fall day, she is smaller than one might expect but instantly arresting. She exudes a reserve that warns you not to get too close: Wary and poised, Nyong’o makes you feel a bit like an overeager golden retriever when you venture a polite hello.
This mysterious quality has been wowing her admirers for years. “It’s that thing called presence, which is about a person’s comfort in their own body. Lupita has that rare ability,” says Ron Van Lieu, who was chair of the acting program at the Yale School of Drama while Nyong’o was a student there. Van Lieu remembers her audition—a monologue from Romeo and Juliet—as one of the most exciting of his career, which spans four decades.
In the past year, the 31-year-old star’s life has unfolded like a fairy tale. In a series of breathtaking coups, Nyong’o won an Academy Award for her first role in a major film, 12 Years a Slave; was named a new face of Lancôme; scored the cover of People’s Most Beautiful issue; and landed key roles in two upcoming films, The Jungle Book and Star Wars: Episode VII…” Glamour Magazine has the full story.
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