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