Lupita won the best supporting actress award at Oscars 2014.
Highlights
- Looking back, Lupita Nyong'o says that the moments after she won her Academy Award this year were a blur and time stood still.
- But she says in the July issue of Vogue that there's one thing she does remember: worrying she would trip on her way to the podium.
- "It's not cute if you follow Jennifer Lawrence — it's not cute if you're the second one!" she laughed, referring to Jennifer's famous stumble while collecting her best-actress Oscar the year before.
- The 31-year-old actress has a steady path ahead of her.
- She will voice a character in Jon Favreau's take on Disney's The Jungle Book and landed a role in Star Wars: Episode VII. Plus she's going to co-produce and star in an adaption of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book Americanah, saying the story blew her away.
- The July issue of Vogue goes on sale from Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles.
Looking back, Lupita Nyong'o says that the moments after she won her Academy Award this year were a blur and time stood still.
But she says in the July issue of Vogue that there's one thing she does remember: worrying she would trip on her way to the podium. (Also read:
Lupita Nyong'o is New Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Member)
"It's not cute if you follow Jennifer Lawrence -- it's not cute if you're the second one!" she laughed, referring to Jennifer's famous stumble while collecting her best-actress Oscar the year before.
Jennifer Lawrence tripped up the stairs on the way to collect her Oscar award in 2013.
The 31-year-old actress has a steady path ahead of her.
She will voice a character in Jon Favreau's take on Disney's
The Jungle Book and landed a role in
Star Wars: Episode VII. Plus she's going to co-produce and star in an adaption of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book
Americanah, saying the story blew her away. (Also read:
Lupita Nyong'o's father was arrested for supporting democracy in Kenya)
The July issue of Vogue goes on sale from Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles.