Thandiwe Newton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1972-11-06 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
(2023)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
(2022)
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
(2022)
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
(2021)
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
(2020)
(2019)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
(2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
(2018)
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
(2018)
Family Feud
as Joan
(2017)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
(2012)
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
(2011)
Retreat
as Kate
(2011)
The Prophet
as Narrator
(2010)
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
(2010)
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
(2010)
Huge
as Kris
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
2012
as Laura Wilson
(2008)
RocknRolla
as Stella
(2008)
W.
as Condoleezza Rice
(2008)
(2007)
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
(2007)
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
(2006)
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
(2005)
Crash
as Christine Thayer
(2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
(2003)
Shade
as Tiffany
(2002)
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
(2000)
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
(2000)
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
(1998)
Beloved
as Beloved
(1998)
Besieged
as Shandurai
(1997)
Gridlock'd
as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
(1997)
In Your Dreams
as Clare
(1996)
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
(1995)
Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
(1995)
The Journey of August King
as Annalees
(1994)
Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette
(1994)
Loaded
as Zita
(1993)
The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
(1991)
Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
(1991)
Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton