Lupita Nyong’o has definitely had an awesome few years – going from an almost complete unknown to becoming an Oscar winner and People magazine’s most beautiful person of the year and a Broadway star and a horror movie queen. If that wasn’t amazing enough, she’s also part of the massive Star Wars movie franchise and the equally massive Marvel Universe (Wakanda forever!).
We’re certainly glad that Lupita is still having a moment, because she is one of our favorite celebrities to watch (and not just because of her incredible acting talent and gorgeous sense of style). The 36-year-old has lots of cute moments on the red carpet with costars, and she’s even more adorable when playing around on her must-follow Instagram account and winning over A-listers at events. Keep reading for all the times Lupita proved she was basically perfect.
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When She Served Us Power Suit Realness at a SXSW Brunch
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When She Channeled Her Us Character For a Fabulous Look at the Movie's London Screening
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When She Posed Near a "Caution" Sign Because She Looked Dangerously Good
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When She Gave Cameras a Soft Smile While Heading to Good Morning America
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When Her Laugh Lit Up the Room at a Screening of the Movie Us
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When She Gave a Little Shimmy at the British Academy Britannia Awards
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When the Sparkle of Her Dress (Almost) Matched Her Exuberance
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When She Brought Her Unparalleled Beauty to the Critics' Choice Awards
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When She Was Honored With the Montecito Award and Basked in Her Own Greatness
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When She Made Us Want to Take a Vacation ASAP
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When She Was Pretty in Pink
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When Her Swag Was Too Much For That Woman on the Left to Handle
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When She Was the Queen of Prints
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When She Glowed For the Gods
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When She Perfected the Over-the-Shoulder Pose
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When She Gave Us Class and Elegance at the NAACP Image Awards
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When She Effortlessly Pulled Off a Chic Rocker Look
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When She Shared a Laugh With a Crowd at a Screening of the Movie Us
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When She Shut Down the Met Gala With a Show-Stopping Rainbow Ensemble
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When She Showed Us Mere Mortals How a True Goddess Strikes a Pose
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When She Looked Like a Ray of Sunshine While Promoting Her Book, Sulwe
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When She Radiated Glamour at the NYC Premiere of Little Monsters
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When She Was Simply Too Divine For This World
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When She Made Our Hearts Skip a Beat at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
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When This Casual Achievement Happened
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When She Became the World's Cutest Knicks Fan
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When She Had This Reaction to Winning a Spirit Award
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When She Got Down on the Dance Floor
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When She Wore 6,000 Pearls to the Oscars
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When She Twirled For Her Life at the Cannes Film Festival
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When She Was the Definition of Purple Reign
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When She Took Over the Tonys
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When She Had a Prom Moment With Michael B. Jordan
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When Jennifer Lawrence Couldn't Even Handle Her Awesomeness
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When She Got a Bear Hug From Queen Oprah Winfrey
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When Emma Thompson Wanted to Photobomb Her
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When She Photobombed Jared Leto
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Basically, Every Moment She's Had With Jared Leto
We wanted them to be a couple so, so badly.
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When She Compared Guns With Nicole Kidman
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When She Graciously Helped BFF Danai Gurira With Her Dress on the Red Carpet
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And Her First Met Gala Red Carpet
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When She Took Her Hair to New Heights
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When She Served You ?? THIS ?? LOOK
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When She Looked Like the Christmas Present You Didn't Deserve
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When She Inspired Women to Lift Each Other Up
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And Let the Men Know Their Time Is Up
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When She Landed at LAX Looking Like a Boss
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When She Proved That Representation Matters
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When She Slayed Your Entire Galaxy
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When She Awakened the Force Within You
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When She Came Through Like the Duchess of Wakanda
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When She Twirled on Her Haters
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When She Came Through Drippin'
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When She Gave Dionne From Clueless a Run For Her Money
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When She Showed Us All How Wakanda Does It
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When She Shined Brighter Than the Sun
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When She Looked. Like. THIS.
