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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.


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Born:
Nov 6, 1972 In London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
67
First Appeared:
In the movie Flirting 1991-03-20
Latest Project:
Movie Mufasa: The Lion King 2024-12-18
Known For
Poster of Human Resources
Poster of Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Poster of Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Poster of Rogue
Filmography
Movie Mufasa: The Lion King Eshe (voice) 2024-12-18
Movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Ginger (voice) 2023-12-08
Movie All the Old Knives Celia Harrison 2022-04-08
Series Human Resources Mona (voice) 2022-03-18
Movie God's Country Sandra Guidry 2022-09-15
Movie Reminiscence Emily 'Watts' Sanders 2021-08-18
Movie Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times Self 2020-09-19
Movie The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Journalist 2019-03-13
Movie Gringo Bonnie Soyinka 2018-03-08
Movie Solo: A Star Wars Story Val 2018-05-15
Series Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Narrator (voice) 2018-09-01
Series The Big Narstie Show Self 2018-06-29
Movie Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon Self - Narrator (voice) 2017-06-05
Series Big Mouth Mona (voice) 2017-09-29
Series Westworld Maeve Millay 2016-10-02
Series The Slap Aisha 2015-02-12
Series The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015-03-23
Series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015-08-02
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Series Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014-02-06
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Unknown 2014-02-17
Series Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014-12-21
Series Rogue Grace Travis 2013-04-03
Movie Half of a Yellow Sun Olanna 2013-09-08
Movie Good Deeds Lindsey 2012-02-23
Series Line of Duty DCI Roz Huntley 2012-06-26
Movie The Prophet Narrator 2011-01-03
Movie Retreat Kate 2011-10-14
Movie The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Self 2010-03-02
Movie 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Self 2010-03-02
Movie Vanishing on 7th Street Rosemary 2010-09-11
Movie Huge Kris 2010-06-18
Movie For Colored Girls Tangie / Orange 2010-11-05
Series RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Special Guest 2009-02-02
Movie 2012 Laura Wilson 2009-10-10
Movie W. Condoleezza Rice 2008-10-17
Movie RocknRolla Stella 2008-09-04
Movie How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Self 2008-10-02
Series The Graham Norton Show Self 2007-02-22
Movie Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream Self 2007-03-27
Movie Norbit Kate Thomas 2007-02-08
Movie Father and Son: On Screen and Off 2007-05-22
Movie Run Fatboy Run Libby 2007-09-06
Movie The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa The Mona Lisa 2006-03-29
Movie The Pursuit of Happyness Linda 2006-12-14
Series The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Self 2005-01-03
Movie Crash Christine Thayer 2005-05-06
Series American Dad! Makeva (voice) 2005-02-06
Movie The Chronicles of Riddick Dame Vaako 2004-06-11
Movie Shade Tiffany 2003-05-18
Movie The Truth About Charlie Regina Lambert 2002-10-25
Movie It Was an Accident Noreen Hurlock 2000-10-27
Movie Mission: Impossible II Nyah Hall 2000-05-24
Movie Besieged Shandurai 1998-02-05
Movie Beloved Beloved 1998-10-16
Movie Gridlock'd Barbara 'Cookie' Cook 1997-01-29
Movie In Your Dreams Clare 1997-12-13
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22
Movie The Leading Man Hilary Rule 1996-12-12
Movie Jefferson in Paris Sally Hemings 1995-03-31
Movie The Journey of August King Annalees 1995-09-14
Movie Loaded Zita 1994-09-01
Series ER Makemba 'Kem' Likasu 1994-09-19
Movie Interview with the Vampire Yvette 1994-11-11
Movie The Young Americans Rachael Stevens 1993-10-08
Movie Flirting Thandiwe Adjewa 1991-03-20
Movie Pirate Prince Becky Newton 1991-12-26