Five Years Ago, Lupita Nyong'o Played Sexually-charged Scenes In MTV Base Shuga

Her first major role! Five years ago, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o starred in Shuga, a sexually-charged MTV Base Africa soap opera in which she juggled two men


 

'You got what you wanted, right? Now it's my turn,' wealthy Felix said, kissing Ayira over a conference table.

'Do you have rubbers?' Ayira asked.

'Are you sleeping with anyone else?' Felix asked and when she said no he added: 'Then there's no problem, is there?'



The show's numerous steamy sex scenes proved a great way to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, and by the third part Ayira discovers she might have contracted the deadly disease.

In a previous encounter with her older boss, the flawless It Girl straddles his lap in little more than a black lacy bra before his daughter interrupts the frisky pair.


Lupita's college student character is often in various states of undress throughout the series.


Even a serene shower sequence gets transformed into a love scene when her boyfriend Ty unexpectedly joins her from behind.

Between school, a waitress job, a boyfriend, and supporting her mother – Nyong'o is literally rushing from scene to scene, even in her panties.

Shuga turned out to be a hit – airing in 40 different African countries before eventually airing internationally on 70 TV stations.