It was never really a question of whether or not Lupita Nyong’o would kill at the Met Gala, just how she would capture our hearts yet again. And the answer is: hair straight out of Whoville.
She showed up in a dazzling Calvin Klein dress in the Grinch’s favorite color and a Dr. Seuss-approved hair style.
Not only is it the best hair at 2016’s event, but it will also ensure that she never has trouble meeting the height requirements of a roller coaster ever again.
Lupita Amondi Nyong’o; (born March 1, 1983) is a Mexican-Kenyan actress and film director.
She was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents and raised in Kenya. She attended college in the United States, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Theater Studies from Hampshire College.
Nyong’o began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009). Also in 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes.
Nyong’o went on to pursue a master’s degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Nyong’o is the first Kenyan actress and the first Mexican actress to win an Academy Award.
She went on to make her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the critically acclaimed play Eclipsed (2015).