6. Harriet Mutesi (Lupita Nyong’o) – Queen of Katwe
Oscar winning actress of 12 Years a Slave and The Force Awakens’ Lupita Nyong’o is set to play Harriet Mutesi, the mother of a Ugandan chess-playing child prodigy, Phiona Mutesi, in the upcoming biopicQueen of Katwe. The film follows Mutesi’s life as she becomes the Woman Candidate Master after she gives an unprecedented performance at the World Chess Olympics. The film is being developed by Disney. This should be an uplifting, inspiring story highlighting these women’s achievements from a country we don’t always hear about in film. And if Lupita Nyong’o is in it, you know you are getting a knockout performance.
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