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Thandiwe Newton

Acting
Known For

52 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

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