About
Thandiwe Newton
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Actor | Eshe (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Actor | Ginger (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2022 | God's Country | Actor | Sandra Guidry | 58 Average |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Actor | Celia Harrison | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Reminiscence | Actor | Emily 'Watts' Sanders | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Boss Bitch Fight Challenge | Actor | Thandie | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Actor | Journalist | 64 Fair |
| 2018 | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Actor | Val | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | Gringo | Actor | Bonnie Soyinka | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Westworld | Actor | Maeve Millay | 79 Good |
| 2015 | The Slap | Actor | Aisha | 66 Fair |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Actor | Olanna | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Good Deeds | Actor | Lindsey | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Retreat | Actor | Kate | 57 Average |
| 2011 | The Prophet | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Actor | Tangie / Orange | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street | Actor | Rosemary | 55 Average |
| 2010 | Huge | Actor | Kris | 58 Average |
| 2010 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | 2012 | Actor | Laura Wilson | 58 Average |
| 2008 | W. | Actor | Condoleezza Rice | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | Actor | Stella | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | Run Fatboy Run | Actor | Libby | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Father and Son: On Screen and Off | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2007 | Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Norbit | Actor | Kate Thomas | 57 Average |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Actor | Linda | 78 Good |
| 2006 | The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa | Actor | The Mona Lisa | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Crash | Actor | Christine Thayer | 70 Good |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Actor | Dame Vaako | 64 Fair |
| 2003 | Shade | Actor | Tiffany | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Actor | Regina Lambert | 56 Average |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident | Actor | Noreen Hurlock | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | Actor | Nyah Hall | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Beloved | Actor | Beloved | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Besieged | Actor | Shandurai | 59 Average |
| 1997 | In Your Dreams | Actor | Clare | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | Actor | Barbara 'Cookie' Cook | 61 Fair |
| 1996 | The Leading Man | Actor | Hilary Rule | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Journey of August King | Actor | Annalees | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Actor | Sally Hemings | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Actor | Yvette | 72 Good |
| 1994 | Loaded | Actor | Zita | 58 Average |
| 1993 | The Young Americans | Actor | Rachael Stevens | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Pirate Prince | Actor | Becky Newton | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Flirting | Actor | Thandiwe Adjewa | 60 Fair |
Production |
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| 2023 | President | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Liyana | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |