Acting
Thandiwe Newton
EN, IT cinema · 52 credits
Born
6 November 1972 (age 53)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Thandie Newton · Melanie Thandiwe Newton
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.
Known for
Filmography
Anaconda
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
President
Executive Producer
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud
as Joan
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Liyana
Executive Producer
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
Retreat
as Kate
The Prophet
as Narrator
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
Huge
as Kris
2012
as Laura Wilson
W.
as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
as Stella
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
Crash
as Christine Thayer
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
Shade
as Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
Besieged
as Shandurai
Beloved
as Beloved
Gridlock'd
as Cookie
In Your Dreams
as Clare
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
The Journey of August King
as Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
Loaded
as Zita
The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton