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From Oscar to off-Broadway! Lupita Nyong'o will star in Walking Dead actress Danai Gurira's stage play Eclipsed

Published: 17:04 EST, 30 July 2015 | Updated: 19:16 EST, 30 July 2015

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Lupita Nyong'o is headed from the big screen to a New York stage.

The 32-year-old actress will star in Eclipsed, a play from Danai Gurira, 37, that will open this fall at the city's Public Theater.

This will mark the New York City debut of both Lupita and the play, which was previously performed in 2009 in Washington, D.C. and New Haven, Connecticut.

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Stage actress: Lupita Nyong'o will make her New York City stage debut in Danai Gurira's play, Eclipsed

Eclipsed is set during the Second Liberian Civil War (between 1999 and 2003) and focuses on a group of women who are the wives - and prisoners - of a rebel officer.

Their already chaotic world is disturbed even more when a new woman arrives.

'Danai Gurira has written a brilliant play, ripped from the headlines, that looks at the terrible conflicts in post-colonial Africa with an eye that is both incisive and deeply compassionate,' artistic director Oskar Eustis said in a statement Thursday.

Serious subject: Danai's play focuses on women trapped in a marriage during the Liberian Civil War

Multi-talented: On The Walking Dead, Danai (right) plays the katana-wielding character of Michonne

'A feminist reading of the Liberian Civil War, a war that was ended by women, Eclipsed is both heart-breaking and profoundly life-affirming. We are delighted to welcome the extraordinary Lupita Nyong'o to The Public in this vitally important play.'

Eclipsed will open on September 9 and will run through November 8.

Although better known for playing Michonne on The Walking Dead since 2012, Danai has been an active playwright for more than a decade.

Rising star: For her first feature film role in 12 Years A Slave, Lupita won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Other plays - including In The Continuum, The Convert, and Familiar - have been produced for the stage.

Lupita, meanwhile, shot to fame with her first movie role in 2013's 12 Years A Slave - she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Patsey.

She will next be seen on the big screen in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, when it opens in December.

In the meantime, the actress announced Thursday that she had travelled back to her native Kenya to work with international conservation organisation WildAid.

Next up: In addition to the play - opening in September - Lupita (above in Cannes in May) will appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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The Cannes Film Festival was one seriously glamorous affair.

With stars from the film world and the most super of supermodels all descending on the South of France for one week back in May, we were guaranteed some statement designer gowns. And this year's opening ceremony certainly did not a disappointment.

With Sienna Miller in Lanvin, Julianne Moore in Armani, Naomi Watts in Elie Saab, and Karlie Kloss in Versace it was like the Met Gala all over again but this time with the sea and sun in tow too.

And surely the beautiful Lupita Nyong'o shone the brightest. The Oscar winning actress lit up the red carpet in this gorgeous green gown by Gucci. It's a bespoke piece made especially for Lupita and is the kind of dress dreams are made of.

In chiffon plissé with an embellished floral detail of embroidered crystals on the shoulders this is a truly iconic look. Of course, as it's custom made we'll just have to recreate it for ourselves using the lovely selection of options below.

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