Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lupita Nyong’o had to lose her Kenyan accent in order to become an American actor and take on different Hollywood roles, and she ...

*Lupita was born in Mexico but moved to Kenya when she was 3. She eventually returned to Mexico to learn Spanish and then to the US to complete the master’s acting program at the Yale School of Drama.

Lupita Nyong’o described the pain she went through losing her Kenyan accent early in her acting career. “The first permission I gave myself to change my accent or allow my accent to transform was ...

'The Wild Robot' actress spoke on podcast 'What Now with Trevor Noah?' about the challenging decision to lose her Kenyan accent to obtain more acting roles.

Lupita Nyong’o made a sacrifice early in her career. Wanting to better understand the boundaries of her own talents so that she could push and expand them, she enrolled in drama school. One area of ...

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has explained an unexpectedly painful part of her early life as an actress: losing the accent that she had acquired growing up in Kenya. Lupita Nyong'o's roles in ...

Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has opened up about her complex relationship with accents in the first episode of her new podcast, Mind Your Own. During the conversation, Lupita shared how she ...

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o recently opened up about the emotional challenges she faced in adjusting her Kenyan accent to fit into Hollywood. Speaking on the What Now? with Trevor Noah ...

Lupita Nyong’o had to lose her Kenyan accent in order to become an American actor and take on different Hollywood roles, and she said during a recent episode of the “What Now? With Trevor Noah” ...