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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Anaconda (2025)
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
as Eshe (voice)
2012 (2009)
as Laura Wilson
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
as Linda
Norbit (2007)
as Kate Thomas
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
as Val
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
as Yvette
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
as Nyah Hall
Crash (2005)
as Christine Thayer
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
as Ginger (voice)
RocknRolla (2008)
as Stella
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
as Dame Vaako
Reminiscence (2021)
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Shade (2003)
as Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
as Regina Lambert
Cry to Heaven (—)
Actor
Gringo (2018)
as Bonnie Soyinka
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as Self
Family Feud (2018)
as Joan
W. (2008)
as Condoleezza Rice
All the Old Knives (2022)
as Celia Harrison
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
as Libby
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Cookie
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
as Rosemary
Good Deeds (2012)
as Lindsey
Beloved (1998)
as Beloved
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Sally Hemings
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
as Olanna
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
as Journalist
For Colored Girls (2010)
as Tangie / Orange
The Young Americans (1993)
as Rachael Stevens
Flirting (1991)
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Huge (2010)
as Kris
The Leading Man (1996)
as Hilary Rule
Retreat (2011)
as Kate
The Journey of August King (1995)
as Annalees
In Your Dreams (1997)
as Clare
The Prophet (2011)
as Narrator
God's Country (2022)
as Sandra Guidry
It Was an Accident (2000)
as Noreen Hurlock
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
as Self
Besieged (1998)
as Shandurai
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream (2007)
as Self
Loaded (1994)
as Zita
Pirate Prince (1991)
as Becky Newton
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
as Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
as Self
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa (2006)
as The Mona Lisa
Father and Son: On Screen and Off (2007)
Actor
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon (2017)
as Self - Narrator (voice)