Lupita Nyong’o celebrates her mom Dorothy.
The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The 40-year-old star 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 couple over the years starting with a photo of them both smiling while holding a pet carrier containing her new cat Yoyo. In another shot, Nyong’o, in a strapless green dress, poses next to her mother, in a blue and blue halter dress.
Their close mother-daughter bond was on full display in the pictures, with Dorothy looking proudly at her daughter in a colorful purple dress as they hugged in another photo, which appears to have been taken during the actress’ recent trip to Nairobi. The younger Nyong’o could also be seen hugging her mother from behind as they smiled and posed for the camera in front of the tropical backdrop.
Lupita Nyong’o walks with her mom Dorothy and a friend watching Split by Selema Masekela
She also shared a snap of her and her parents ahead of the 2014 Oscars where she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film 12 years of slavery before the carousel ended with footage of his mother gesturing to Wakanda during the premiere of the second Black panther movie.
“I love my mother deeply,” Nyong’o captioned the post. “She is my closest friend and my number one champion. Today is her birthday.”
“Once upon a time there was a baby. Once upon a time she was a child. I didn’t know her then (obvs!); when I met her when she was grown up, I thought she knew everything,” she continued. “Now that I’m older, now that I’m an adult myself, I know she’s figuring things out as she goes through her one gifted life.”
Lupita Nyong’o says her mom was looking at ‘us’ with her eyes closed because she was so scared
“But my mother knew a love that passes all understanding and she shared it with us. She taught me that love is the most useful thing to know, to strive for. At a time when I am terrified to make that principle my north star, I am reassured by the generosity of her love and generous spirit. May I grow into half the woman she is,” she concluded the post, adding the hashtag “birthday tribute.”
The actress received a lot of support from her mother over the years, through the ups and downs in her life. Dorothys also attended several premieres of her daughter’s movies, even scary ones like 2019’s. Our. Nyong’o explained that her mother “hates scary movies” and that she “closed her eyes and covered her ears the whole time,” but it meant a lot to her to be there.
“I’m happy she was there, I assure you it’s not my favorite movie,” she told PEOPLE in 2019. “But she supported me until the day she died. He will sit despite the fact that he doesn’t have the spine to do so.”
She added: “Things like that warm my heart because I know she’s my number one fan whether she can put up with my craziness or not.”
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