The 12 Years a Slave Academy Award winner not only will soon help the Force awaken anew, she’s also working on Americanah and warming up her voice for a part in Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book: Origins.
So, y’ see, it just don’t mean a thing that she was out of the spotlight for most of 2014. After the amazing awards season she had year it probably was best she didn’t go and like, overexpose herself. Nyong’o (smartly) kept focused on the work, which is why she has lined up part after part – and why she still is.
Which brings me to this: The actress is thisclose to nabbing a starring part in Mira Nair’s Queen of Katwe, a film chronicling the rise of a young Ugandan chess prodigy named Phiona Mutesi under the mentorship and guidance of her coach, Robert Katende (to be portrayed by Selma’s David Oyelowo).
She would play Harriet Mutesi, Phiona’s mother.
The film will be based on Tim Crothers’ The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster, with production commencing in the spring.
Photo: OnoBello.com.
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