Lupita Nyong'o surprises Trevor Noah at his Joburg comedy show

13 June 2015 - 17:08 By Times LIVE
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Lupita Nyong'o with Trevor Noah.
Lupita Nyong'o with Trevor Noah.
Image: Facebook/Trevor Noah

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o popped into see Trevor Noah perform his comedy set in Johannesburg recently.

Nyong'o who is filming Queen of Katwe in Pretoria and has been in the country for awhile, finally surfaced to surprise Noah during his set.

Nyong'o has been a well kept secret, her presence has been almost undetected save for a film crew who were spotted working on her latest film project in Atteridgeville, Pretoria.

The film is based on the book The Queen of Katwe, written by Tim Crothers. It tells the extraordinary story of a Ugandan girl's dream of becoming a chess grandmaster.

Noah uploaded an image of the two onto his Facebook page and captioned it: I was already having a great time performing in Johannesburg and then @LupitaNyongo dropped in and made my night. ‪#‎WePlannedOurOutfits‬ ‪#‎IveNeverTouchedAnOscarWinner‬ #‎NowImHooked‬ #‎ImGoingToTouchAllTheOscarWinners‬ #‎ThatSoundedCreepy‬

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