WATCH: Lupita Nyong'o Shares How New Film Helped Her Overcome One of Her Biggest Fears

Lupita Nyong&#039;o was once afraid of cats and now she&#039;s a proud cat mom.

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00:00I was terrified of cats before I made this movie.

00:03I was so terrified that I would cry

00:06if a cat approached me in a room.

00:08And then I fell in love with the idea

00:10of playing Sam in this movie, and she had a cat,

00:14and so I had to face my fear of cats

00:17and get exposure to them through a therapy process.

00:21Then I overcame my fear, and by the end of it,

00:24I was so in love with the cats that I got myself one.

00:27Really?

00:28Yes.

00:29That's so sweet. Yeah, changed my life.

00:31What's your cat's name?

00:33Yo-Yo.

00:33Yo-Yo, that's so cute. Yeah.