Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Birthdate
November 6, 1972 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
November 6, 1972 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

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.

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Acting (68)

2024
Mufasa: The Lion King as Eshe (voice)
2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Ginger (voice)
2022
God's Country as Sandra Guidry
2022
All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
2022
Human Resources as Mona (voice) (1 episode)
2021
Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2020
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times as Self
2018
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema as Narrator (voice) (14 episodes)
2018
The Big Narstie Show as Self (1 episode)
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Val
2018
Gringo as Bonnie Soyinka
2017
Big Mouth as Mona (voice) (4 episodes)
2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Westworld as Maeve Millay (36 episodes)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
The Slap as Aisha (8 episodes)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun as Olanna
2013
Rogue as Grace Travis (40 episodes)
2012
Line of Duty as DCI Roz Huntley (6 episodes)
2012
Good Deeds as Lindsey
2011
Retreat as Kate
2011
The Prophet as Narrator
2010
For Colored Girls as Tangie / Orange
2010
Vanishing on 7th Street as Rosemary
2010
Huge as Kris
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
2009
2012 as Laura Wilson
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest (1 episode)
2008
W. as Condoleezza Rice
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self
2008
RocknRolla as Stella
2007
Run Fatboy Run as Libby
2007
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
2007
Norbit as Kate Thomas
2006
The Pursuit of Happyness as Linda
2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa as The Mona Lisa
2005
Crash as Christine Thayer
2005
American Dad! as Makeva (voice) (2 episodes)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick as Dame Vaako
2003
Shade as Tiffany
2002
The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert
2000
It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock
2000
Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Hall
1998
Beloved as Beloved
1998
Besieged as Shandurai
1997
In Your Dreams as Clare
1997
Gridlock'd as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
1996
The Leading Man as Hilary Rule
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1995
The Journey of August King as Annalees
1995
Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings
1994
Interview with the Vampire as Yvette
1994
ER as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu (10 episodes)
1994
Loaded as Zita
1993
The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens
1991
Pirate Prince as Becky Newton
1991
Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa

Production (2)

2023
President • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Liyana • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer