Name
Thandiwe Newton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1972-11-06 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Biography
Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress.
Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Libby in Run Fatboy Run (2007), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010), Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016–2022), Roz Huntley in Line of Duty (2017), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
Newton has received various awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Critics' Choice Awards, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, a Saturn Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity.
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- 2000 Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Hall
- 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness as Linda
- 1994 Interview with the Vampire as Yvette
- 2005 Crash as Christine Thayer
- 2008 W. as Condoleezza Rice
- 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick as Dame Vaako
- 2022 God's Country as Sandra Guidry
- 1991 Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa
- 2007 Run Fatboy Run as Libby
- 1993 The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens
- 2007 Norbit as Kate Thomas
- 1997 Gridlock'd as Cookie
- 2002 The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert
- 2008 RocknRolla as Stella
- 2009 2012 as Laura Wilson
- 2003 Shade as Tiffany
- 2010 Vanishing on 7th Street as Rosemary
- 1995 The Journey of August King as Annalees
- 2012 Good Deeds as Lindsey
- 2010 For Colored Girls as Tangie / Orange
- 1998 Besieged as Shandurai
- 1996 The Leading Man as Hilary Rule
- 1998 Beloved as Beloved
- 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Ginger (voice)
- 1994 Loaded as Zita
- 2011 Retreat as Kate
- 2013 Half of a Yellow Sun as Olanna
- 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self
- 2000 It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock
- 1995 Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings
- 1991 Pirate Prince as Becky Newton
- 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King as Eshe (voice)
- 2010 Huge as Kris
- 2018 Gringo as Bonnie Soyinka
- 2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Journalist
- 1997 In Your Dreams as Clare
- 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story as Val
- 2011 The Prophet as Narrator
- 2017 Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
- 2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2006 The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa as The Mona Lisa
- 2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2007 Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream as Self
- 2007 Father and Son: On Screen and Off
- 2022 All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
- 2020 Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times as Self
- 2018 Family Feud as Joan
- 2025 Anaconda as Claire Simons
- Soon Cry to Heaven
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Makeva (voice)
- 2015 The Slap ( 8 episodes ) as Aisha
- 2016 Westworld ( 36 episodes ) as Maeve Millay
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2013 Rogue ( 40 episodes ) as Grace Travis
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 Line of Duty ( 6 episodes ) as DCI Roz Huntley
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema ( 14 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 Human Resources ( 1 episode ) as Mona (voice)
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 ER ( 10 episodes ) as Kem Likasu
- 2018 The Big Narstie Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Big Mouth ( 5 episodes ) as Mona (voice)
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2027 The Wanted Man ( 8 episodes ) as Francesca Carmichael
- 2013 Rogue ( 10 episodes )
- 2017 Big Mouth ( 8 episodes )
- 2022 Wednesday ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Elle Style Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- Soon First Day on Earth ( 0 episode ) as Anya
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1990 The Word ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2004 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
