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  • BIRTH 06/11/1972
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 17
  • MOVIES 35
  • PRODUCTION 1

Thandiwe Newton

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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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Thandiwe Newton

Shows (17)

Westworld
Westworld
Maeve Millay
ER
ER
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
American Dad!
American Dad!
Makeva (voice)
Big Mouth
Big Mouth
Mona (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge / Self - Special Guest
Line of Duty
Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley
Human Resources (2022)
Human Resources (2022)
Mona (voice) / Mona the Hormone Monstress (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Rogue
Rogue
Grace Travis
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
The Slap (US)
The Slap (US)
Aisha
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Big Narstie Show
The Big Narstie Show
Self
Variety: Actors on Actors
Variety: Actors on Actors
Self

Movies (35)

Mufasa: The Lion King
Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
2012
2012
Laura Wilson
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
Crash
Crash
Christine Thayer
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
Norbit
Norbit
Kate Thomas
Reminiscence
Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
RocknRolla
RocknRolla
Stella
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
Gringo
Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
Anaconda
Anaconda
For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
Shade
Shade
Tiffany
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
Run Fatboy Run
Run Fatboy Run
Libby
God's Country
God's Country
Sandra Guidry
Beloved
Beloved
Beloved
The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
W.
W.
Condoleezza Rice
Vanishing on 7th Street
Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
Flirting
Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
L'assedio
L'assedio
Shandurai
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
Retreat
Retreat
Kate
The Leading Man
The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
Good Deeds
Good Deeds
Lindsey
The Prophet
The Prophet
Narrator
It Was an Accident
It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna

Production

President
President