Black Panther (2018)

Lupita Nyong'o: Nakia

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Quotes 

• Nakia : You can't let your father's mistakes define who you are. You get to decide what kind of king you are going to be.

• T'Challa : If you weren't so stubborn, you would make a great queen.

  Nakia : I would make a great queen because I am so stubborn.

• Nakia : [to Ross]  The king is dead. Come with me if you don't want to join him!

• Nakia : It is my duty to fight for who I... for the things I love.

• Okoye : Our mission was to bring back Klaue. We failed. This man is a foreign intelligence operative. How do we justify bringing him into our borders?

  Nakia : He took a bullet for me.

  Okoye : That was his choice.

  Nakia : So now we are just supposed to let him die?

  Okoye : Let us consider that we heal him. It is his duty to report back to his country. And as king, it is your duty to protect ours.

  T'Challa : I'm well aware of my duties, General.

• Nakia : Great Gorilla M'Baku...

  [kneeling and presenting the Heart-Shaped Herb] 

  Nakia : ...this is why we are here. To offer this to you. An outsider sits on our throne. Only you can help us stop him.

• Ramonda : I don't like this. The Herb belongs to us. We may be creating a bigger monster with M'Baku. Nakia, you should take it yourself.

  Nakia : I am a spy with no army. I wouldn't stand a chance.

• T'Challa : He killed his own brother and left a child behind with nothing. What kind of king... what kind of man does that?

  Nakia : No man is perfect. Not even your father.

  T'Challa : He didn't even give him a proper burial. My uncle N'Jobu betrayed us, but my father... he may have created something even worse.

• Shuri : The Black Panther lives. And when he fights for the fate of Wakanda, I will be right beside him.

  Nakia : As will I.

  Everett K. Ross : I'm in, too.

  [they all look at him] 

  Everett K. Ross : What? You're gonna need all the help you can get.

• Nakia : Eyes up. Americans. I count three.

  Okoye : Five. How could you miss Greased Lightning there behind you?

  T'Challa : [noticing Ross]  Six. Just spotted an old friend who works for the CIA. It just got a little more complicated.