Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

51 · Born: Nov 6, 1972

Personal Details

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Born Nov 6, 1972 London, England, UK
Parents
  • Nyasha Newton
  • Nick Newton
  • Nick Newton
  • Nyasha Newton
Relatives
  • Jamie Newton (Sibling)

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.

Career

2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Ginger (voice)
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2022
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
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God's Country
God's Country as Sandra Guidry
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2021
Reminiscence
Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
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2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Audrey Newhouse
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2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Val
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Gringo
Gringo as Bonnie Soyinka
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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Line of Duty
Line of Duty as DCI Roz Huntley
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2016
Westworld
Westworld as Maeve Millay
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2015
The Slap
The Slap as Aisha
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2014
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun as Olanna
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Rogue
Rogue as Grace Travis
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2012
Good Deeds
Good Deeds as Lindsey
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2011
The Prophet
The Prophet as Narrator
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Retreat
Retreat as Kate
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2010
Huge
Huge as Kris
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For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls as Tangie / Orange
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Vanishing on 7th Street
Vanishing on 7th Street as Rosemary
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2009
2012
2012 as Laura Wilson
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2008
RocknRolla
RocknRolla as Stella
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W.
W. as Condoleezza Rice
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2007
Norbit
Norbit as Kate Thomas
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Run Fatboy Run
Run Fatboy Run as Libby
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2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa as The Mona Lisa
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The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness as Linda Gardner
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American Dad!
American Dad! as Makeva (voice)
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2005
Crash
Crash as Christine Thayer
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2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick as Dame Vaako
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2003
Shade
Shade as Tiffany
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2002
The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert
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2000
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Nordoff-Hall
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It Was an Accident
It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock
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1998
Besieged
Besieged as Shandurai
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Beloved
Beloved as Beloved
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1997
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
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In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams as Clare
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1996
The Leading Man
The Leading Man as Hilary Rule
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1995
The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King as Annalees
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Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings
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1994
Loaded
Loaded as Zita
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Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
1993
The Young Americans
The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens
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1991
Flirting
Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa
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2021
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
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2020
RuPaul's Drag Race
2008
The Graham Norton Show