Oscars Oscars 2014
Monday, 3 March 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a whirlwind of awards season attention for Lupita Nyong'o ended with a best supporting actress award at Sunday's Oscars, the "12 Years a Slave" star honored the character that put her on stage.
"Thank you to the academy for this incredible
recognition. It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is
due to so much pain in someone else's," she said, referring to Patsey, the
tortured slave she played in director Steve McQueen's wrenching 19th-century
drama.
She credited McQueen for bringing attention to a dark
chapter in American history and the victims of slavery.
"I'm certain the dead are standing about you and
watching," she said, a sentiment she expanded on backstage.
"I think he's really honored a people that really have
been unsung for a really long time in doing this film," she said.
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