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Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Acting November 6, 1972 (54 years old) 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.

Movies 50

The Pursuit of Happyness 7.9

The Pursuit of Happyness

as Linda

2006
2012 5.9

2012

as Laura Wilson

2009
Interview with the Vampire 7.4

Interview with the Vampire

as Yvette

1994
Anaconda 5.8

Anaconda

as Claire Simons

2025
Mufasa: The Lion King 7.3

Mufasa: The Lion King

as Eshe (voice)

2024
Mission: Impossible II 6.1

Mission: Impossible II

as Nyah Hall

2000
Solo: A Star Wars Story 6.6

Solo: A Star Wars Story

as Val

2018
Norbit 5.7

Norbit

as Kate Thomas

2007
Crash 7.2

Crash

as Christine Thayer

2005
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 6.9

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

as Ginger (voice)

2023
RocknRolla 7.0

RocknRolla

as Stella

2008
Reminiscence 6.5

Reminiscence

as Emily 'Watts' Sanders

2021
The Chronicles of Riddick 6.6

The Chronicles of Riddick

as Dame Vaako

2004
All the Old Knives 6.0

All the Old Knives

as Celia Harrison

2022
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 6.0

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

as Self

2008
Gringo 5.9

Gringo

as Bonnie Soyinka

2018
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan 6.9

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

as Journalist

2019
Shade 6.2

Shade

as Tiffany

2003
The Truth About Charlie 4.9

The Truth About Charlie

as Regina Lambert

2002
Vanishing on 7th Street 5.3

Vanishing on 7th Street

as Rosemary

2010
Beloved 5.8

Beloved

as Beloved

1998
W. 6.1

W.

as Condoleezza Rice

2008
Run Fatboy Run 6.2

Run Fatboy Run

as Libby

2007
Gridlock'd 6.6

Gridlock'd

as Cookie

1997
God's Country 5.6

God's Country

as Sandra Guidry

2022
Retreat 5.6

Retreat

as Kate

2011
Cry to Heaven

Cry to Heaven

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times 10.0

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

as Self

2020
For Colored Girls 6.7

For Colored Girls

as Tangie / Orange

2010
Flirting 6.7

Flirting

as Thandiwe Adjewa

1991
Jefferson in Paris 5.1

Jefferson in Paris

as Sally Hemings

1995
Good Deeds 6.3

Good Deeds

as Lindsey

2012
Half of a Yellow Sun 5.0

Half of a Yellow Sun

as Olanna

2013
Besieged 6.6

Besieged

as Shandurai

1998
The Young Americans 5.7

The Young Americans

as Rachael Stevens

1993
The Leading Man 5.0

The Leading Man

as Hilary Rule

1996
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa 10.0

The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

as The Mona Lisa

2006
Family Feud 2.5

Family Feud

as Joan

2018
The Journey of August King 6.9

The Journey of August King

as Annalees

1995
Huge 5.6

Huge

as Kris

2010
It Was an Accident 6.7

It Was an Accident

as Noreen Hurlock

2000
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream 9.0

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

as Self

2007
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective 7.8

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

as Self

2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic 7.0

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

as Self

2010
In Your Dreams 6.5

In Your Dreams

as Clare

1997
Father and Son: On Screen and Off 6.0

Father and Son: On Screen and Off

2007
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon 10.0

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
Pirate Prince 10.0

Pirate Prince

as Becky Newton

1991
Loaded 4.2

Loaded

as Zita

1994
The Prophet 7.8

The Prophet

as Narrator

2011

TV Shows 33

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