VIDEO : Lupita Nyong'o Talks Oscars Diversity Controversy and Broadway Debut

The Academy came under fire from critics, including celebs, after its members nominated solely white actors and actresses for the 2016 Oscars. Jada Pinkett Smith and director Spike Lee have vowed to boycott the ceremony. Nyong'o had in 2014 won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave, becoming the sixth black actress to win the category, the first Kenyan and second African woman to win an Academy Award. Lupita said she was very encouraged by the changes being made by the academy, but she also wants to put the focus "on more diversity in the stories that are being told, and that means the inclusion of all types of people, we can see then a change reflected when it comes to time for recognition."