Lupita Nyongo 'loves' getting dressed up for the red carpet: 'My life before was not like this...'
Lupita Nyong’o "loves" getting dressed up for the red carpet.
The 41-year-old actress rose to prominence after winning an Oscar for her role in '12 Years a Slave' in 2013 but admitted that before that she did not really have a glamorous lifestyle, although even now she still "hates" the idea of going shopping for the perfect outfit.
She told Glamour: "I hate shopping. I love red carpets. You get to be Cinderella for a night. My life before the launch of my career did not involve a lot of ball gowns. Now I wear so many and I love it."
The 'Queen of Katwe' star also revealed that in terms of striving for "perfection" she has learned to just embrace herself for who she is and has "forgiven" herself for not always being so.
She said: "These days I allow myself to be a human being. I’ve just found a way of forgiving myself for not being perfect."
In 2014, Lupita wore a caped red Ralph Lauren dress to the Golden Globes but admitted that even though she thought the number was a hit, her publicists were not immediately convinced.
She said: "Publicists were a little bit nervous about it because it was so bold.
"There’s a cape. I felt like a superhero in it. One of my publicists was so scared of it, and she was like, ‘Maybe it’s too much.'
"Purely because I liked it — my rule of thumb has always been, I only want to wear things that I like, that feel good to wear. And that was one of those moments."
