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October 8, 2021 | 11:30 AM | Omni Dallas Hotel
Moderated by NBC5 Today News Anchor, Laura Harris
LUPITA NYONG’O is a Kenyan actress, producer and author. For her role in 12 Years a Slave, Nyong’o received the Academy Award® as well as the Screen Actors Guild® Award, the Critics’ Choice Award, the Independent Spirit Award, and the NAACP Award.
For her starring role in Jordan Peele’s Us, Nyong’o received a Screen Actors Guild nomination, the NY Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and an NAACP Award.
Currently, Nyong’o executive produces the YouTube Originals family program, Super Sema. The animated series depicts Africa’s first kid superhero and features Nyong’o’s voice in a two-part episode.
Upcoming, she will star in Marvel’s Black Panther 2 and Universal’s thriller The 355. Additionally, she will co-produce and feature in Born a Crime, as well as executive produce and star in Apple TV’s Lady in the Lake.
Past credits include Black Panther, Little Monsters, Queen of Katwe, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Recently, she played “Julieta” in The Public Theater’s bilingual audio adaptation of Romeo y Julieta alongside Juan Castano. Nyong’o earned a Tony® nomination for her Broadway in Eclipsed.
Her debut children's book Sulwe is a New York Times #1 Best Seller.
“WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD ARE NOT YET ALWAYS TAUGHT BY THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY ARE STRONG, POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND EQUAL.””
Our hybrid luncheon allows guests to attend in-person or online; Lupita Nyong’o will be joining virtually.
*in-person subject to change based on Covid-19 developments.
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Tonya and Charlie McKinney
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