All about Africa's breakout star Lupita Nyongo'o & why she is now Hollywood's fashion "It girl" (PHOTOS)

 She is 2013/2014 break out movie star and yes,she is African.A Kenyan as a matter of fact.Lupita Nyongo'o is proof that dark skin is still very much in demand.She proves black is indeed beautiful. For someone who's first international movie break came from her role in "12 years a slave"..
Her amazing fashion choices has earned her a place in the good books of Fashion .She  was named best red carpet look of the Golden Globes(by Joan Rivers Fashion Police)
.(Remember the red dress with the cape? She is now the face of Mui Mui and the face of many magazine covers..
She won the Critics Choice Movie Awards-Best Supporting Actress.She got a standing ovation when she expressed her shock at being nominated alongside Oprah , Julia Roberts & winning ...
Golden Globe nominee....Oscar nominee...and we hope she wins this one

She's multilingual: In addition to English and her native Luo, the actress speaks Spanish, Swahili and conversational Italian. Before her big movie debut, Nyong'o was a regular on the Kenyan television series "Shuga."
Checkout her amazing looks

 Nyong'o was born in Mexico when her Kenyan parents were in political exile. Her family later returned to Kenya, where she spent most of her childhood. She later went to the United States, where she got her undergraduate degree from Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and later graduated from Yale School of Drama in 2012.She is also from the same tribe as President Barack Obama's father.