Lupita Nyong'o accepts the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role award for '12 Years a Slave' onstage during the Oscars at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. AFP
Lupita Nyong'o, winner of the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday, stunned Hollywood in her big-screen debut with her searing turn as an abused servant in "12 Years A Slave."
The Kenyan actress and Yale School of Drama graduate, who turned 31 on Saturday, has risen in a year from relative obscurity to Hollywood's A list, winning plaudits for both her efforts on screen and her impeccable fashion sense.
