Photo:Lupita Nyong’o/Instagram
Lupita Nyong’o/Instagram
Lupita Nyong’ois celebrating her momDorothy.
TheBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreverstar, 40, shared an emotional tribute on Instagram to honor her mother on her birthday, shedding some light on their strong bond and the lessons she’s learned from the matriarch over the years.
She posted a carousel of pictures of the pair over the years starting with a photo of them both smiling while holding a pet carrier with hernew pet cat Yoyoinside. In another shot, Nyong’o, in a green strapless gown, poses next to her mother, in a teal and blue halter gown.
Their close mother-daughter bond was in full display in the pictures, with Dorothy looking proudly at her daughter in a colorful purple dress as they embraced in another photo, which appeared to be taken during the actress’recent trip to Nairobi. A younger Nyong’o could also be seen hugging her mother from behind as they smile and pose for the camera in front of a tropical background.
She also shared a snap of her and her parents ahead of the 2014 Academy Awards where she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in12 Years a Slavebefore ending the carousel with a shot of her mother making the Wakanda hand sign during the premiere of the secondBlack Pantherfilm.
“I deeply love my mother,” Nyong’o captioned the post. “She is my closest friend and my number one champion. Today is her birthday.”
The actress has received lots of support from her mother over the years, through theups and the downs in her life. Dorothys also attended several premieres for her daughter’s movies, even the scary ones like 2019’sUs. Nyong’o explained that her mother “hates scary movies” and had “shut her eyes the whole time and blocked her ears,” but it meant so much for her to be there.
“I’m happy she was there, I can assure you that’s not her favorite film of mine,” she told PEOPLE in 2019. “But, she is supportive until the day she dies. She will sit through despite the fact that she doesn’t have the spine for it.”
She added, “That kind of thing warms my heart because I know she’s my number one fan whether she can handle my madness or not.”
source: people.com
