Los Angeles, Feb 24 : Actress Lupita Nyong'o has denied rumours of dating actor Jared Leto.

The 30-year-old, who is nominated in the best actress in a supporting role category at the 86th Academy Awards for acting in "12 Years A Slave", recently came on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and addressed the dating rumours, reports radaronline. com.

When DeGeneres said: "You're actually in tabloids as well, which means you've really made it.  Because there's rumours that you and Jared Leto are together."

Nyong'o responded: "Ah, but I thought Miley Cyrus broke us up.  That was the last thing I heard."

"It's crazy 'cause when I read these rumours, I mean, they're so detailed that even I start to question if they're true or not," she added.(IANS)