Peter Anyang Nyong'o is a Kenyan senator. He's also the father of Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o. He talks to host Michel Martin about his own history and his family's newfound fame.

"It's a little daunting," Nyong'o, 31, told Nancy O'Dell on the Oscar red carpet before winning her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. "But it's also just really exciting.

Lupita Nyong'o reflects on the "glorious" sisterhood she formed on the set of 'Black Panther,' working with Jordan Peele on 'Us' and the one thing that creates "the best art.

LUPITA NYONG'O: This is actually a ... a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far—people who were in my life before fame. That's where I get my ...

Lupita Nyong'o expressed dislike for movie press junkets in an ... "You get to be Cinderella for a night,” Nyong'o explained. “My life before the launch of my career ... (of Stranger Things fame).

Lupita Nyong'o on June 23, 2024. John Nacion/Getty Images. In Hollywood, she followed up her Oscar with a part in the 2014 Liam Neeson action film Non-Stop, a motion-capture role in the Star Wars ...

Lupita Nyong'o: 5 Things to Know ... In May 2012 – three weeks before graduating from Yale ... She’s adjusting to fame “It’s definitely an exciting time in my life right now.

Black Panther’ and ‘Us’ star Lupita Nyong’o has revealed that she’s been “suffering in silence” with uterine fibroids since 2014, the year she won her Oscar. She shared her story on Instagram for ...

Lupita Nyong’o is one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year. ... but I didn’t think about being famous. ... I’d watched in my pajamas the year before!” she said. “I felt numb ...

*Lupita Nyong’o is known for being one of the most beautiful and stylish celebrities around. Yet despite being one to watch regarding fashion, the Oscar winner, who graces the cover of Lucky ...

Lupita Nyong'o is gracing the cover of Vogue's July issue, ... Nyong'o says, the moments after ... referring to Lawrence's famous stumble while collecting her best-actress Oscar the year before.