Lupita Nyong’o revealed in an interview with CNN that winning an Oscar for her supporting performance in “ 12 Years a Slave ” only led to acting offers for more slave roles in the months that followed her breakthrough victory. Nyong’o made her feature film acting debut as Patsy in the Steve McQueen-directed drama film.

“My winning an Academy Award came at the very start of my career,” Nyong’o said. “It was for the first film I had ever done. So, it really did set the paces for everything I’ve done since. What’s very interesting is that after I won the Academy Award, you’d think like, ‘Oh, I’m going to get the lead roles here and there.’ But it’s ‘Oh, Lupita. We’d like you to do another movie where you’re a slave but this time you’re on a slave ship.’ Those are the kinds of offers [I was

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