Thandiwe Newton
46 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 6, 1972 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Thandie Newton · Melanie 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).
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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
Thandiwe Newton: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025 Anaconda
as Claire Simons
- 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
- 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
- 2022
- 2022 God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
- 2022 All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
- 2022
- 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
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013 Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
- 2013
- 2012
- 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
- 2009 2012
as Laura Wilson
- 2008 W.
as Condoleezza Rice
- 2008 RocknRolla
as Stella
- 2007 Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
- 2007
- 2007 Norbit
as Kate Thomas
- 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
- 2006 The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
- 2005 Crash
as Christine Thayer
- 2005
- 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
- 2003 Shade
as Tiffany
- 2002 The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
- 2000 It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
- 2000 Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
- 1998 Beloved
as Beloved
- 1998 Besieged
as Shandurai
- 1997 In Your Dreams
as Clare
- 1997 Gridlock'd
as Cookie
- 1996 The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
- 1995 The Journey of August King
as Annalees
- 1995 Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
- 1994 Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette
- 1994
- 1994 Loaded
as Zita
- 1993 The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
- 1991 Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton
- 1991 Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Talk shows and appearances (23)
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK
1 episode
- 2018 The Big Narstie Show
1 episode
- 2017
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
2 episodes
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
2 episodes
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2004 Parkinson
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 1997 Elle Style Awards
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1990 The Word
1 episode