"It is with great sadness that I post about the passing of Nikita Waligwa, the sweet, warm, talented girl whom I worked with on the film, Queen Of Katwe," Nyong'o wrote."She played Gloria with such vibrancy."According to multiple outlets on Sunday, Waligwa, who starred alongside Nyong'o andin the 2016 Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, passed away at the age of 15 after a battle with brain cancer.
"It is with great sadness that I post about the passing of Nikita Waligwa, the sweet, warm, talented girl whom I worked with on the film, Queen Of Katwe," Nyong'o captioned the post. "She played Gloria with such vibrancy. In her real life she had the enormous challenge of battling brain cancer. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and community as they come to terms with having to say goodbye so soon. May she truly rest in piece. May it be well with her soul.
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