Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winner 2014 Lupita Nyong'o For '12 Years a Slave' [VIDEO]
The winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2014 Academy Awards is Lupita Nyong'o for her role in 12 Years a Slave.
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Nyong'o beat out Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County), Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) and June Squibb (Nebraska) for the respective honors. This is Nyongo'o's first Academy Award nomination and first win as well.
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12 Years a Slave is nominated for eight other Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael Fassbender), Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Production Design and Best Writing- Adapted Screenplay.
12 Years A Slave also won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama.
Nyong'o also won a Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
Nyong'o's previous credits include Non-Sop and the TV Mini-Series Shuga.
Nyong'o is added to the list of winners for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards that include Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Octavia Spender (The Help), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Mo'Nique (Precious), Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) and more.
