It’s like we’re back in time to when Lupita Nyong’o was campaigning for her Oscar!
So many covers!!!
Related: Lupita Sparkles For Essence
The Star Wars actress is EVERYWHERE right now, and we are definitely not complaining. After her Rhapsody and Essence covers, the 32-year-old has scored yet another major front page for Elle UK’s January issue.
Dressed in a floral one-shoulder gown and with minimal makeup, the star looks as radiant as we’ve come to expect.
She also gets into some important topics for the interview portion.
Read on for HIGHlights!
On being in Star Wars:
“The opportunity to play a CGI character for me was the opportunity to not be limited by my physical circumstances. I could experience being bigger or smaller, something totally different to who I am. And of course it’s in a galaxy far, far away.”
On the need for diversity in film:
“If you turn on the television and you are not represented on that television, you become invisible to yourself. And there was very little of myself that I saw on TV, or in the movies that I was watching, or in magazines that were lying around the salons or around the house. And so these are subconscious things. Yes, Western beauty standards are things that affect the entire world. And then what happens? You’re a society that doesn’t value darker skin.”
On her experiences with racism:
“[Living in Mexico as a child] people would stop and take pictures of us just because we were black. And it was a time during that tricky adolescent phase when you’re coming into yourself and you’re trying to pave your own way but you’re insecure about where you lie. It devastated me.”
On dealing with fame:
“I don’t think being conspicuous is a state we’re supposed to live in, or at least not permanently. I wish there was a dial we could turn up and down. And in a sense I can, by making very deliberate choices about what I do and when and how, and with whom.”
See a second gorgeous shot in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Elle UK.]
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