Kenya’s Oscar-winning, Lupita Nyong’o, has been cast in the upcoming “Star Wars: Episode VII,” Walt Disney Co’s Lucas film said on Monday.
Lupita is officially America’s newest TV darling, as she adds yet another feat to her budding career: the first black woman on the cast of the next ‘Star Wars’ movie. Samuel L. Jackson and Billy Dee Williams now have a black woman join them in the make-believe far away galaxy.
Nyong’o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role last year for the movie, Twelve Years a Slave. She will also join Gwendoline Christie, of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in the film.
Their roles have not been announced.
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Nyong’o, 31, a Kenyan, born in Mexico and educated at Yale University, became the darling of this year’s Hollywood awards season for her emotionally-raw portrayal of Patsey.
Her fashion choices on the red carpet also earned her rave reviews.
“Star Wars: Episode VII, will open worldwide on December 18, 2015, and will also star Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.
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The film, directed by “Star Trek” filmmaker, J.J. Abrams, will also feature original “Star Wars” actors Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.
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