Lupita Nyong'o Covers Net-A-Porter Magazine

Lupita Nyong’o Talks Beauty and Facing Ones Fears As She Covers Net-A-Porter’s Latest Issue

Ebun
March 12, 2019
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Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o is the latest cover star for PorterEdit magazine’s latest issue.

In just six years,Lupita Nyong’o has added Oscar-winning tear-jerkers, sci-fi blockbusters and now psychological horror to her résumé, reaping critical and public acclaim in the process.

Lupita is well known for rocking her natural hair and showcasing the African culture in her daily style. The Kenyan born actress keeps finding ways to show off her beloved continent, Africa.

For the cover shoot, Nyongo’o is draped in different flowy gowns while sporting her natural hair.

Here are a few excerpts from the interiew:

Speaking about her natural hair

“I don’t feel defined by my hair, and I think that’s why I like to play with it. I remember when I was a teenager in Kenya, I had relaxed hair and I decided on a whim that I was going to cut it all off and grow my hair natural. I’d been going to the same hairstylist for years – he was a Kenyan, like me, and when I went natural, he didn’t know what to do with it. He was like, ‘They don’t teach us how to style natural hair in school.’ There’s been a whole revolution, led by African America for sure, where we are embracing our natural hair texture and returning to a past glory.

Speaking about finding her people in Hollywood

“Starting with 12 Years a Slave, I was welcomed [in Hollywood] with such warmth. My castmates surrounded me. I don’t know if they are aware of this, but I felt so protected. Sarah Paulson: my God, that girl, she was like everything to me. And Alfre Woodard, she was invaluable. I would ask questions about my finances, where I should live, all sorts of things.

[Woodard] had this dinner that she throws during Oscars season for all the black women in Hollywood. Being invited to that basically [felt like] my TV had exploded in the room because all these actresses were there.

Speaking on Feminisim:

“I come from a very sexist society [growing up in Kenya]. I did need to be conditioned for that kind of world, but it was always a step removed from my home life. My outlook from very young was that women can do whatever they want. I remember a teacher saying, ‘You can’t whistle. You’re a girl,’ and I was like, ‘Yes, I can,’ and I whistled some more. I didn’t understand what he was saying. I was a tomboy. I would climb trees. But it was like, ‘Don’t climb trees. You’re a girl.’ I’m like, ‘But my feet work. Why would I not want to climb a tree?’ I was just raised different

For more from Lupita, visit net-a-porter.com.