Lupita Nyong’o says she was offered more slave roles after winning the Oscar

Lupita Nyong’o, who first broke out with her Oscar-winning performance in 12 years of slaveryshe recounted that her post-Oscars journey brought not just a mix of plentiful lead performances, but rather roles that offered more of the same.

“It really set the tone for everything I’ve done since then,” she told Grammy Award-winning musician Angelique Kidjo. On CNN last Within Africa interview. “But you know the interesting thing is that after I win an Oscar, you’ll think, ‘Oh, I’ll get leading roles here and there.’ [Instead, it was]“Oh, Lupita, we’d like you to do another movie where you’re a slave, but… this The time you are on a slave ship. These are the kind of offers I was receiving in the months after I won the Oscar.

the Black Panther His alumna described it as “a very tender time,” saying she had to ignore the headlines extrapolating her path to Hollywood. “There were thoughts about: ‘Is this the beginning and the end of the career of this black African woman?’ I had to turn a deaf ear to all these popes because, at the end of the day, I’m not a theory; I’m a real person.”

Nyong’o, who was born to Kenyan parents, added that she hopes to expand African storytelling in the entertainment industry.

“I love being a fun warrior to change paradigms about what it means to be African, and if that means working one less job a year to ensure I don’t perpetuate the stereotypes expected of people from my continent, then let me do it,” she explained.

Nyong’o has been around lately Wild robot and A Quiet Place: Day One. the we The star will then be seen in Steal your color.