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Thandiwe Newton

Acting
Known For

53 Years Old

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.

Born

London, England, UK on 6th November 1972

All Credits

Anaconda Image
Anaconda
Claire Simons
The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Image
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
American Dad! Image
American Dad!
Makeva (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show Image
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Image
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Wednesday Image
Wednesday
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
Westworld Image
Westworld
Maeve Millay
ER Image
ER
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
RuPaul's Drag Race Image
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race Image
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden Image
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Big Mouth Image
Big Mouth
Big Mouth Image
Big Mouth
Mona (voice)
Line of Duty Image
Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Image
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Mufasa: The Lion King Image
Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
2012 Image
2012
Laura Wilson
Off Camera with Sam Jones Image
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
The Pursuit of Happyness Image
The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
Mission: Impossible II Image
Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
Norbit Image
Norbit
Kate Thomas
Rogue Image
Rogue
Rogue Image
Rogue
Grace Travis
Interview with the Vampire Image
Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
Solo: A Star Wars Story Image
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
Human Resources Image
Human Resources
Mona (voice)
Good Deeds Image
Good Deeds
Lindsey
Beloved Image
Beloved
Beloved
God's Country Image
God's Country
Sandra Guidry
Shade Image
Shade
Tiffany
Loaded Image
Loaded
Zita
Besieged Image
Besieged
Shandurai
The Slap Image
The Slap
Aisha
Crash Image
Crash
Christine Thayer
Flirting Image
Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
In Your Dreams Image
In Your Dreams
Clare
Reminiscence Image
Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Image
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
Retreat Image
Retreat
Kate
The Big Narstie Show Image
The Big Narstie Show
Self
Family Feud Image
Family Feud
Joan
RocknRolla Image
RocknRolla
Stella
All the Old Knives Image
All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
Run Fatboy Run Image
Run Fatboy Run
Libby
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Image
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick Image
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Image
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
Huge Image
Huge
Kris
W. Image
W.
Condoleezza Rice
The Young Americans Image
The Young Americans
Rachael Stevens
Gringo Image
Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
Cry to Heaven Image
Cry to Heaven
Elle Style Awards Image
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
Half of a Yellow Sun Image
Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Image
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
Gridlock'd Image
Gridlock'd
Cookie
Vanishing on 7th Street Image
Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
The Truth About Charlie Image
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
For Colored Girls Image
For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
No Image
The Wanted Man
Pirate Prince Image
Pirate Prince
Becky Newton
Jefferson in Paris Image
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Image
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
The Leading Man Image
The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream Image
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Image
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
It Was an Accident Image
It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
The Journey of August King Image
The Journey of August King
Annalees
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times Image
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon Image
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Prophet Image
The Prophet
Narrator
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa Image
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Mona Lisa
Father and Son: On Screen and Off Image
Father and Son: On Screen and Off