There’s is no doubt that Lupita Nyong’o is smiling to the bank at the moment and there’s more to come.
The Oscar winning actress is to star in and produce an adaptation of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s acclaimed novel Americanah.
It will be made by Brad Pitt’s Company Plan B, producers of 12 Years a Slave which won Nyong’o an Oscar in February.
Americanah centres on two Nigerians who fall in love, but find themselves separated by immigration issues.
In a statement, Nyong’o said: “It is an “honour to bring Ms Adichie’s brilliant book to the screen. Page after page I was struck by Ifemelu and Obinze’s stories, whose experiences as African immigrants are so specific and also so imminently relatable. It is a thrilling challenge to tell a truly international story so full of love, humour and heart“.
Americanah, which follows lovers Ifemelu and Obinze, won the prestigious US National Book Critics Circle Award in 2013.
It was selected as one of the 10 best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review, the BBC and Newsday.
Nyong’o became an overnight star with her performance in 12 Years a Slave, winning this year’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
Earlier this week, it was announced that she was to join the cast of the latest Star Wars film.