Lupita Nyong'o looks divine in sunny Prada dress for Dazed & Confused cover

Her exotic beauty and acting debut in 12 Years A Slave has left both Hollywood and the fashion world breathless.

And Lupita Nyong'o cemented her 'It Girl' status looking absolutely flawless on the February cover of Dazed & Confused.

The 30-year-old actress looked divine in a yellow vinyl frock by Prada for the colour-blocked image shot by Sharif Hamza.

'Proud to be on the cover of Dazed & Confused Feb 2014 issue. First UK magazine cover!!' she announced to her 50,000 Instagram followers.

Lupita - who shaved her head at 19 - was born in Mexico, raised in Kenya, and now resides in Brooklyn.

The Yale School of Drama graduate's heart-wrenching portrayal of tormented slave Patsey has made her a best supporting actress frontrunner.