Thandiwe Newton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Cry to Heaven
Movie
First Day on Earth
TV · as Anya
The Wanted Man
TV · as Francesca Carmichael · 8 eps
Anaconda
Movie · as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie · as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Movie · as Ginger (voice)
God's Country
Movie · as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
Movie · as Celia Harrison
Human Resources
TV · as Mona (voice) · 1 ep
Wednesday
TV · as Dr. Rachael Fairburn · 3 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Reminiscence
Movie · as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Movie · as Self
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Movie · as Journalist
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Gringo
Movie · as Bonnie Soyinka
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as Val
Family Feud
Movie · as Joan
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Big Mouth
TV · as Mona (voice) · 5 eps
Westworld
TV · as Maeve Millay · 36 eps
The Slap
TV · as Aisha · 8 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie · as Olanna
Rogue
TV · as Grace Travis · 40 eps
Good Deeds
Movie · as Lindsey
Line of Duty
TV · as DCI Roz Huntley · 6 eps
Retreat
Movie · as Kate
The Prophet
Movie · as Narrator
Vanishing on 7th Street
Movie · as Rosemary
For Colored Girls
Movie · as Tangie / Orange
Huge
Movie · as Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie · as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie · as Self
2012
Movie · as Laura Wilson
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Special Guest, Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
W.
Movie · as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
Movie · as Stella
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Self
Run Fatboy Run
Movie · as Libby
Norbit
Movie · as Kate Thomas
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Movie · as Self
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Movie
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Pursuit of Happyness
Movie · as Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
Movie · as The Mona Lisa
Crash
Movie · as Christine Thayer
American Dad!
TV · as Makeva (voice) · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chronicles of Riddick
Movie · as Dame Vaako
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Shade
Movie · as Tiffany
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Truth About Charlie
Movie · as Regina Lambert
Mission: Impossible II
Movie · as Nyah Hall
It Was an Accident
Movie · as Noreen Hurlock
Besieged
Movie · as Shandurai
Beloved
Movie · as Beloved
Gridlock'd
Movie · as Cookie
In Your Dreams
Movie · as Clare
Elle Style Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
The Leading Man
Movie · as Hilary Rule
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Journey of August King
Movie · as Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
Movie · as Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire
Movie · as Yvette
Loaded
Movie · as Zita
ER
TV · as Kem Likasu · 10 eps
The Young Americans
Movie · as Rachael Stevens
Flirting
Movie · as Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince
Movie · as Becky Newton
The Word
TV · as Self · 1 ep