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