Looks like it's raining magazine covers for Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o.
Just two days after showing off on a new hair do on the covernof Rhapsody magazine , the Kenyan actress landed her first feature on the cover of Essence magazine and now, Ellenmagazine has yet again revealed the actress as the cover girl for their January Issue. Lupita , who is promoting her latest movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens , donned an ankara print gown while rocking an avant-garde hairdo. She is also seen rocking a floral maxi dress designed by Lanvin in another photo.
In the feature, the 32-year-old Oscar award winning actress talked about her role in the latest Star Wars instalment and how she enjoyed the opportunity to play a CGI character. She also spoke about being black, her insecurities and handling fame in general.
See clips from her interview below:
ON STAR WARS:
‘The opportunity to play a CGI character for me was the opportunity to not
be limited by my physical circumstances. I could experience being bigger or
smaller, something totally different to who I am. And of course it’s in a
galaxy far, far away.’
ON DIVERSITY:
‘If you turn on the television and you are not represented on that television,
you become invisible to yourself. And there was very little of myself that I
saw on TV, or in the movies that I was watching, or in magazines that were
lying around the salons or around the house. And so these are
subconscious things. Yes, Western beauty standards are things that affect
the entire world. And then what happens? You’re a society that doesn’t
value darker skin'
ON INSECURITIES:
‘[Living in Mexico as a child] people would stop and take pictures of us just
because we were black. And it was a time during that tricky adolescent
phase when you’re coming into yourself and you’re trying to pave your own
way but you’re insecure about where you lie. It devastated me’
ON FAME:
‘I don't think being conspicuous is a state we’re supposed to live in, or at
least not permanently. I wish there was a dial we could turn up and down.
And in a sense I can, by making very deliberate choices about what I do and
when and how, and with whom.’
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