Lupita Nyong'o wins Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave

Lupita Nyong'o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her debut feature film performance in 12 Years a Slave, becoming the first Kenyan-born actor and only the second African-born actor to win an acting Oscar. She subsequently became a major Hollywood star and a fashion icon whose open embrace of African beauty standards influenced beauty culture broadly.