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Nyong'o holds Kenyan, Mexican, and United States citizenship and identifies as "Kenyan-Mexican".<ref name="kmr">{{cite web | url=http://fusion.net/story/5682/lupita-nyongo-teaches-mexican-kids-how-to-smile/ | title=Lupita Nyong'o Teaches Mexican Kids How to Smile | publisher=[[Fusion (TV channel)|Fusion]] | date= 14 May 2014 | access-date= 26 May 2016 | last=Rivas|first= Jorge| archive-date= 27 May 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160527154636/http://fusion.net/story/5682/lupita-nyongo-teaches-mexican-kids-how-to-smile/ | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LNKM18">{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/chica/lupita-nyongo-on-beauty-standards-and-growing-up-in-mexico/ |title=Lupita Nyong'o on Living in Mexico: 'It Was Such a Bizarre, Dire Time for My Hair' |last=Thatiana |first=Diaz |date=19 February 2018 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=28 October 2018 |archive-date=29 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029031042/https://people.com/chica/lupita-nyongo-on-beauty-standards-and-growing-up-in-mexico/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is of [[Luo people|Luo]] descent on both sides of her family, and is the second of six children.<ref name=williams>{{cite news|first=Sally |last=Williams |title=Lupita Nyong'o: Interview with a rising star |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 January 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10558449/Lupita-Nyongo-interview-with-a-rising-star.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822120857/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/10558449/Lupita-Nyongo-interview-with-a-rising-star.html |archive-date=22 August 2014 }}</ref> It is a tradition of the Luo people to name a child after the events of the day, so her parents gave her a Spanish name, Lupita (a [[diminutive]] of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe|Guadalupe]]).<ref name=kimmel>{{cite episode|title=Matt LeBlanc, Lupita Nyong'o, The Fray|series=[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]|network=ABC|date=14 January 2014}}</ref> Her father, a former Member of the [[National Assembly (Kenya)|Kenyan Parliament]] and past [[Minister (politics)|Minister]] for Medical Services, serves as the Governor of [[Kisumu County]], Kenya as of July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.E. Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o - Governor, Kisumu County |url=https://www.kisumu.go.ke/h-e-prof-peter-anyang-nyongo-governor-kisumu-county/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=County Government of Kisumu |language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of Nyong'o's birth, he was a visiting lecturer in political science at [[El Colegio de México]] in Mexico City.<ref name="williams" /><ref name="nymag.com">{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Alex |date=9 February 2014 |title=Lupita Nyong'o, From Unknown to 'It' Girl in Less Than a Year |url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/lupita-nyongo-new-fashion-it-girl.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718092250/http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/lupita-nyongo-new-fashion-it-girl.html |archive-date=18 July 2014 |access-date=2 March 2014 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref>
The family returned to their native Kenya when Nyong'o was less than one year old,<ref name=kimmel /><ref>{{cite news|title=Lupita Nyong'o On Her Magical Journey from Kenya to '12 Years A Slave' and Possible Oscar Glory |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/22/lupita-nyong-o-s-magical-journey-from-kenya-to-12-years-a-slave-and-possible-oscar-glory.html |first= Marlow |last= Stern|access-date=10 July 2014 |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225181812/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/22/lupita-nyong-o-s-magical-journey-from-kenya-to-12-years-a-slave-and-possible-oscar-glory.html |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> after her father was appointed as a professor at the [[University of Nairobi]].<ref name= williams/> She grew up primarily in Nairobi, in an artistic family, and describes her upbringing as "middle class, suburban."<ref name="nymag.com"/> Family get-togethers often included performances by the children, and trips to see plays.<ref name="usatoday.com"/> She attended Rusinga International School in Kenya and acted in school plays.<ref name=Dorothy>{{cite news |title=A moment with Dorothy Nyong'o |url=http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/11/05/interview-a-moment-with-dorothy-nyongo/ |access-date=10 July 2014 |website=africamagic.dstv.com |first=Laura |last=Walubengo |date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220214/http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/11/05/interview-a-moment-with-dorothy-nyongo/ |archive-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At the age of 14, Nyong'o made her professional acting debut as [[Juliet]] in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'',<ref name= Dorothy /> in a production by the [[Nairobi]]-based repertory company [[Phoenix Players]].<ref name= nymag.com /><ref name="usatoday.com"/> While a member of the Phoenix Players, she also performed in the plays ''On The Razzle'' and ''There Goes The Bride''.<ref name="nation.co.ke"/> She credits the performances of [[Whoopi Goldberg]] and [[Oprah Winfrey]] in ''[[The Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple]]'' with inspiring her to pursue a professional acting career.<ref>{{cite web|last=Diaz |first=Evelyn |title=Octavia Spencer, Oprah Winfrey and Lupita Nyong'o on Acting |url=https://www.bet.com/article/8hrogo/octavia-spencer-oprah-winfrey-and-lupita-nyong-o-on-acting |publisher=[[BET]] |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130913/http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2013/11/26/octavia-spencer-oprah-winfrey-and-lupita-nyong-o-on-acting.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shapiro |first=Bee |date=10 February 2014 |url=http://www.glamour.com/beauty/blogs/girls-in-the-beauty-department/2014/02/lupita-nyongo-makeup.html |title=Actress Lupita Nyong'o Talks Hair and Makeup Tips and Working on 12 Years a Slave |work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |access-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223135325/http://www.glamour.com/beauty/blogs/girls-in-the-beauty-department/2014/02/lupita-nyongo-makeup.html |archive-date=23 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Personal life==
Nyong'o lives in [[Los Angeles]], having moved there from [[Brooklyn]] in June 2023 after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Gregory E. |last=Miller |title=Brooklyn's Lupita Nyong'o fuels Oscar buzz |url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/12/brooklyns-lupita-nyongo-fuels-oscar-buzz/ |date=12 October 2013 |access-date=19 August 2014 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222032804/http://nypost.com/2013/10/12/brooklyns-lupita-nyongo-fuels-oscar-buzz/ |archive-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Raquel |first=Ariana Yaptangco ,Adrienne |date=2024-06-03 |title=Lupita Nyong'o Always Lands On Her Feet |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/lupita-nyongo-cover-story |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}</ref> She is a fluent speaker of English, Spanish, [[Luo languages|Luo]], and [[Swahili language|Swahili]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> Nyong'o is [[agnostic]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6pavxwK-68 | title=A Quiet Place: Day One's Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn Play Most Likely to | Cosmopolitan UK | website=[[YouTube]] | date=25 June 2024 }}</ref> On 27 February 2014, at the ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]'' Black Women in Hollywood luncheon in Beverly Hills, she delivered a speech on the beauty of Black women and opened up about the insecurities she had as a teenager. She said her views changed when she saw South Sudanese model [[Alek Wek]] become successful.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rothman |first=Lily |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/28/lupita-nyongo-essence-black-beauty/ |title=Oscar Nominee Lupita Nyong'o: Essence Speech on "Beauty of Black" |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301014059/http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/28/lupita-nyongo-essence-black-beauty/ |archive-date=1 March 2014 }}</ref>
[[File:Lupita Nyong'o (82038) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Nyong'o at an event for [[Time's Up (organization)|Time's Up]] in 2018]]
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