BLACK SKINNED BEAUTY NYONG’O WINS SAG AWARD FOR “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Nyong’o WINS SAG AWARD.



Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY

Lupita Nyong’o wins her first SAG Award for her performance in “12 Years a Slave.”

Fellow Oscar nominee Nyong’o — also a recent Critics’ Choice winner — acknowledged Solomon Northup, the real-life inspiration for the movie: “Thank you so much for a life well lived and a story hard to tell but told so well.”