Lupita Nyong'o, Lensed By Sharif Hamza, Wins Critics Guild Award For '12 Years A Slave'

Lupita Nyong’o, Lensed By Sharif Hamza, Wins Critics Guild Award For ‘12 Years A Slave

Lupita Nyong is beaming today, after receiving a standing ovation for winning Best Supporting Actress at Thursday’s The Critics’ Choice Awards. Her performance in the film ‘12 Years A Slave’ helped earn the film Best Picture Award and also Best Adapted Screenplay.

Mexico City-born, Kenyan-raised Lupita tells Dazed’s Ayesha A Siddiqi that British director Steve McQueen reviewed over 1000 women to play the role of field slave Patsey.