Thandiwe Newton
Acting • Born 1972-11-06
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
79 credits
Mission: Impossible II
Movie • 2000
Nyah Hall
The Pursuit of Happyness
Movie • 2006
Linda
Interview with the Vampire
Movie • 1994
Yvette
Crash
Movie • 2005
Christine Thayer
W.
Movie • 2008
Condoleezza Rice
The Chronicles of Riddick
Movie • 2004
Dame Vaako
God's Country
Movie • 2022
Sandra Guidry
Flirting
Movie • 1991
Thandiwe Adjewa
Run Fatboy Run
Movie • 2007
Libby
The Young Americans
Movie • 1993
Rachael Stevens
Norbit
Movie • 2007
Kate Thomas
Gridlock'd
Movie • 1997
Cookie
The Truth About Charlie
Movie • 2002
Regina Lambert
RocknRolla
Movie • 2008
Stella
2012
Movie • 2009
Laura Wilson
Shade
Movie • 2003
Tiffany
Vanishing on 7th Street
Movie • 2010
Rosemary
The Journey of August King
Movie • 1995
Annalees
Good Deeds
Movie • 2012
Lindsey
For Colored Girls
Movie • 2010
Tangie / Orange
Besieged
Movie • 1998
Shandurai
The Leading Man
Movie • 1996
Hilary Rule
Beloved
Movie • 1998
Beloved
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Movie • 2023
Ginger (voice)
Loaded
Movie • 1994
Zita
Retreat
Movie • 2011
Kate
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie • 2013
Olanna
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
Self
It Was an Accident
Movie • 2000
Noreen Hurlock
Jefferson in Paris
Movie • 1995
Sally Hemings
Pirate Prince
Movie • 1991
Becky Newton
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie • 2024
Eshe (voice)
Huge
Movie • 2010
Kris
Gringo
Movie • 2018
Bonnie Soyinka
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Movie • 2019
Journalist
In Your Dreams
Movie • 1997
Clare
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie • 2018
Val
The Prophet
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
Reminiscence
Movie • 2021
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie • 2010
Self
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
Movie • 2006
The Mona Lisa
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie • 2010
Self
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Movie • 2007
Self
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Movie • 2007
All the Old Knives
Movie • 2022
Celia Harrison
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Movie • 2020
Self
Family Feud
Movie • 2018
Joan
Anaconda
Movie • 2025
Claire Simons
Cry to Heaven
Movie
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Makeva (voice)
The Slap
TV • 2015
Aisha
Westworld
TV • 2016
Maeve Millay
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Rogue
TV • 2013
Grace Travis
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Special Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Line of Duty
TV • 2012
DCI Roz Huntley
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Human Resources
TV • 2022
Mona (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
ER
TV • 1994
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
The Big Narstie Show
TV • 2018
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Mona (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Wanted Man
TV
Rogue
TV • 2013
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Wednesday
TV • 2022
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Elle Style Awards
TV • 1997
Self - Winner
First Day on Earth
TV
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