Thandiwe Newton

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
November 6, 1972

Place of Birth:
London, England, UK

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Thandiwe Newton

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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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Anaconda
2024 Mufasa: The Lion King Eshe (voice)
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Ginger (voice)
2022 God's Country Sandra Guidry
2022 All the Old Knives Celia Harrison
2021 Reminiscence Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2020 Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times Self
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Journalist
2018 Gringo Bonnie Soyinka
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Val
2018 Family Feud Joan
2017 Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon Self - Narrator (voice)
2013 Half of a Yellow Sun Olanna
2012 Good Deeds Lindsey
2011 Retreat Kate
2011 The Prophet Narrator
2010 Vanishing on 7th Street Rosemary
2010 For Colored Girls Tangie / Orange
2010 Huge Kris
2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Self
2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Self
2009 2012 Laura Wilson
2008 W. Condoleezza Rice
2008 RocknRolla Stella
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Self
2007 Run Fatboy Run Libby
2007 Norbit Kate Thomas
2007 Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream Self
2007 Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness Linda
2006 The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa The Mona Lisa
2005 Crash Christine Thayer
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Dame Vaako
2003 Shade Tiffany
2002 The Truth About Charlie Regina Lambert
2000 Mission: Impossible II Nyah Hall
2000 It Was an Accident Noreen Hurlock
1998 Besieged Shandurai
1998 Beloved Beloved
1997 Gridlock'd Cookie
1997 In Your Dreams Clare
1996 The Leading Man Hilary Rule
1995 The Journey of August King Annalees
1995 Jefferson in Paris Sally Hemings
1994 Interview with the Vampire Yvette
1994 Loaded Zita
1993 The Young Americans Rachael Stevens
1991 Flirting Thandiwe Adjewa
1991 Pirate Prince Becky Newton
Year TV Show Role
2022 Human Resources Mona (voice)
2022 Wednesday Dr. Rachael Fairburn
2018 Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Narrator (voice)
2018 The Big Narstie Show Self
2017 Big Mouth Mona (voice)
2017 Big Mouth
2016 Westworld Maeve Millay
2015 The Slap Aisha
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self
2013 Rogue Grace Travis
2013 Rogue
2012 Line of Duty DCI Roz Huntley
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Special Guest
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Guest Judge
2007 The Graham Norton Show Self
2005 American Dad! Makeva (voice)
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self
1996 The Daily Show Self
1994 ER Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
The Wanted Man
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