Lupita Nyong'o Takes Over Vogue - And You're Going to Like It.

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The actress who captured the spirit of Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, and our hearts when she dressed up as different Disney princesses for every awards show she attended will be gracing the July cover of Vogue Magazine.

Yes, Lupita Nyong'o will be bringing even more joy into your life with photographs of her fiercely facing down a snake, dreaming in a bathtub of rose petals and showing off some graceful dance poses.

In the article Nyong'o talks about her sudden rise to fame and how it came as such a surprise to her. [INSERT LINK: http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/lupita-nyongo-first-vogue-cover/#1]

"It just feels like the entertainment industry exploded into my life. People who seemed so distant all of a sudden were right in front of me and recognizing me--before I recognized them!"

Her first real intimation that her life was changing--probably forever--came after the SAG Awards in January, when she arrived late one night at the airport and was mobbed by paparazzi.

"For a split second I looked behind me to see who they were flashing at--and it was me!" she remembers. "That was, I think, the beginning of the end of my anonymity."