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Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

ActingBorn November 6, 1972 (age 53)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.

Filmography

2025
Anaconda

as Claire Simons

Movie
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King

as Eshe (voice)

Movie
2023Movie
2022
Wednesday

as Dr. Rachael Fairburn

TV
2022
God's Country

as Sandra Guidry

Movie
2022TV
2022
All the Old Knives

as Celia Harrison

Movie
2022
Human Resources

as Mona (voice)

TV
2021
Reminiscence

as Emily 'Watts' Sanders

Movie
2018
Gringo

as Bonnie Soyinka

Movie
2018Movie
2017
Big Mouth

as Mona (voice)

TV
2017TV
2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2016
Westworld

as Maeve Millay

TV
2015
The Slap

as Aisha

TV
2013Movie
2013
Rogue

as Grace Travis

TV
2013TV
2012
Line of Duty

as DCI Roz Huntley

TV
2012
Good Deeds

as Lindsey

Movie
2011
Retreat

as Kate

Movie
2011
The Prophet

as Narrator

Movie
2010
For Colored Girls

as Tangie / Orange

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Huge

as Kris

Movie
2009
2012

as Laura Wilson

Movie
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

TV
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2008
W.

as Condoleezza Rice

Movie
2008
RocknRolla

as Stella

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Norbit

as Kate Thomas

Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2005
Crash

as Christine Thayer

Movie
2005
American Dad!

as Makeva (voice)

TV
2004Movie
2003
Shade

as Tiffany

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003TV
2002
The Truth About Charlie

as Regina Lambert

Movie
2000
It Was an Accident

as Noreen Hurlock

Movie
2000Movie
1998
Beloved

as Beloved

Movie
1998
Besieged

as Shandurai

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Elle Style Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
1997
Gridlock'd

as Cookie

Movie
1996
The Leading Man

as Hilary Rule

Movie
1996TV
1995Movie
1995
Jefferson in Paris

as Sally Hemings

Movie
1994Movie
1994
ER

as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

TV
1994
Loaded

as Zita

Movie
1993
The Young Americans

as Rachael Stevens

Movie
1991
Pirate Prince

as Becky Newton

Movie
1991
Flirting

as Thandiwe Adjewa

Movie
Cry to Heaven

as Mariana Treschi

Movie
TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 6, 1972
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity3.1