One actress is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama; the other, the most in-demand actress in Hollywood with one Oscar already under her belt. Will the Academy award JLaw with statuette No. 2? Or will newcomer Lupita Nyong’o go home with the gold?
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Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Amondi Nyong’o was born in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 1, 1983. Her Kenyan parents were in Mexico as her father was a visiting lecturer in political science for a local university. She was named Lupita in honor of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. She and her family returned to Kenya when she was less than a year old. Her father taught at the University of Nairobi and she grew up in an African middle-class environment.
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born Aug. 15, 1990, in Louisville, Kentucky, where she grew up with her parents and two older brothers. She graduated from high school two years early to pursue a professional acting career and did not attend college.
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