And the winner is… Lupita Nyong’o! As the first Kenyan to bring home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, we couldn’t be prouder of Lupita.
Keeping in mind there are several well-known, talented American actors and actresses that have never received an Academy Award, this win says a lot of Lupita’s potential. That 12 Year’s a Slave was her breakout role makes it a more amazing feat.
Lupita was cast in the role of Patsey just before she graduated from Yale School of Drama, and the kind of accolades she has already received from her role, and now the Oscar means she has cemented her career in acting within Hollywood.
“Kenyan Hollywood ‘it’ girl Lupita gave an award-winning performance on this incredible true story and without a doubt; this made her Kenya’s biggest export!” commented Eva Njoki on her KenyaBuzz review of 12 Years a Slave.
Apart from her new film Non-Stop, where she acts alongside Liam Neeson, Lupita has no other films coming out this year. Though, with this win her star power and demand has surely risen, so we can expect plenty from her going forward. She has an incredibly bright future ahead.
Lupita – as you can see from the picture – looked so beautiful. I put a picture of her up on Instagram where I called her an African Queen and mentioned that she looked like a Disney Princess. One thing is certain: every year seems to be someone’s year, and this is the year of Lupita Nyong’o.
In her speech, she said something that relates to a lot of us, especially immigrants. She said, “No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid.” I was deeply encouraged by this because for me, my dreams are far beyond what I think I can accomplish by myself. Become a pro blogger is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to my dreams. I have dreams that are so big that I’m afraid to even think about them, and even people who are close to me don’t know all the things that swirl around in my head.
Full List of Winners
Best picture
WINNER: 12 years a Slave
Nominees: American Hustle; Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; Her; Nebraska; Philomena; The Wolf of Wall Street; 12 Years a Slave
Best actor
WINNER: Mathew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Nominees: Christian Bale, American Hustle; Bruce Dern, Nebraska; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street; Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club; Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Best actress
WINNER: Cate Blanchett
Nominees: Amy Adams, American Hustle; Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine; Sandra Bullock, Gravity; Judi Dench, Philomena; Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Best supporting actor
WINNER: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Nominees: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips; Bradley Cooper, American Hustle; Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave; Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street; Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best supporting actress
WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o
Nominees: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave; Julia Roberts, August: Osage County; June Squibb, Nebraska
Best director
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón
Nominees: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity; Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave; Alexander Payne, Nebraska; David O. Russell, American Hustle; Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best animated feature film
WINNER: Frozen
Nominees: The Croods; Despicable Me 2; Ernest & Celestine; Frozen; The Wind Rises
Best foreign film
WINNER: The Great Beauty
Nominees: The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium; The Great Beauty, Italy; The Hunt, Denmark; The Missing Picture, Cambodia; Omar, Palestine
Best original screenplay
WINNER: American Hustle, Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Nominees: American Hustle, Eric Singer and David O. Russell; Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen; Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack; Her, Spike Jonze; Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Best adapted screenplay
WINNER: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Nominees: Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke; Captain Phillips, Billy Ray; Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope; 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley; The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
Best original score
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: The Book Thief; Gravity; Her; Philomena; Saving Mr. Banks
Best original song
WINNER: Let it Go from Frozen
Nominees: Alone Yet Not Alone, from Alone Yet Not Alone; Happy, from Despicable Me 2; Let It Go, from Frozen; The Moon Song, from Her; Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best cinematography
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: The Grandmaster; Gravity; Inside Llewyn Davis; Nebraska; Prisoners
Best costume design
WINNER: The Great Gatsby
Nominees: American Hustle; The Grandmaster; The Great Gatsby; The Invisible Woman; 12 Years a Slave
Best documentary feature
WINNER: 20 Feet From Stardom
Nominees: The Act of Killing; Cutie and the Boxer; Dirty Wars; The Square; 20 Feet From Stardom
Best documentary short subject
WINNER: The Lady in Number 6
Nominees: CaveDigger; Facing Fear; Karama Has No Walls; The Lady in Number 6; Music Saved My Life; Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Best film editing
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: American Hustle; Captain Phillips; Dallas Buyers Club; Gravity; 12 Years a Slave
Best makeup and hairstyling
WINNER: Dallas Buyers Club
Nominees: Dallas Buyers Club; Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa; The Lone Ranger
Best production design
WINNER: The Great Gasby
Nominees: American Hustle; Gravity; The Great Gatsby; Her; 12 Years a Slave
Best animated short film
WINNER: Mr. Hublot
Nominees: Feral; Get a Horse!; Mr. Hublot; Possessions; Room on the Broom
Best live-action short film
WINNER: Helium
Nominees: Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me); Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything); Helium; Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?); The Voorman Problem
Best sound editing
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: All Is Lost; Captain Phillips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Lone Survivor
Best sound mixing
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: Captain Phillips; Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Inside Llewyn Davis; Lone Survivor
Best visual effects
WINNER: Gravity
Nominees: Gravity; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; Iron Man 3; The Lone Ranger; Star Trek Into Darkness
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Sources: Huffington Post, USA Today and NY Daily News.
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