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
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
as Linda
Anaconda (2025)
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
as Eshe (voice)
2012 (2009)
as Laura Wilson
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
Cry to Heaven (—)
as Mariana Treschi
All the Old Knives (2022)
as Celia Harrison
Beloved (1998)
as Beloved
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Cookie
Shade (2003)
as Tiffany
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
as Libby
Gringo (2018)
as Bonnie Soyinka
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
as Rosemary
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as Self
W. (2008)
as Condoleezza Rice
For Colored Girls (2010)
as Tangie / Orange
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
as Journalist
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
as Regina Lambert
Besieged (1998)
as Shandurai
Good Deeds (2012)
as Lindsey
The Young Americans (1993)
as Rachael Stevens
The Leading Man (1996)
as Hilary Rule
God's Country (2022)
as Sandra Guidry
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Sally Hemings
Flirting (1991)
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Family Feud (2018)
as Joan
Retreat (2011)
as Kate
Huge (2010)
as Kris
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
as Olanna
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream (2007)
as Self
In Your Dreams (1997)
as Clare
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
as Self
The Journey of August King (1995)
as Annalees
It Was an Accident (2000)
as Noreen Hurlock
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
as Self
The Prophet (2011)
as Narrator
Pirate Prince (1991)
as Becky Newton
Father and Son: On Screen and Off (2007)
Actor
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
as Self
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon (2017)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Loaded (1994)
as Zita
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa (2006)
as The Mona Lisa