The life and times of Hollywood ‘It’ girl Lupita Nyong’o
Kisumu Senator Anyang’o Nyong’o and his wife Dorothy Nyong’o at a church service to honour their daughter Lupita Nyong’o, at Baptist Church, Ridgeways in Nairobi on January 28, 2014. Photo/FILE
I have met Lupita Nyong’o just once; at the premiere of her documentary, In My Genes back in 2009. She is indeed as stunning as she looks today on the red carpet.
Back then, when I asked her about her striking looks and whether people found her exotic, her response was “No. I wouldn’t use those words. People are intrigued by my back story. The fact that I was born in Mexico and grew up in Kenya, they are always intrigued by what on earth a Kenyan was doing in Mexico.”
