Thandiwe Newton
- Teen actor
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.
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Acted in
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Ginger (voice)
God's Country
2022
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
2022
as Celia Harrison
Human Resources
2022
as Mona (voice)
Reminiscence
2021
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
as Journalist
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Val
Gringo
2018
as Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud
2018
as Joan
Big Mouth
2017
as Mona (voice)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Westworld
2016
as Maeve Millay
The Slap
2015
as Aisha
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Olanna
Rogue
2013
as Grace Travis
Line of Duty
2012
as DCI Roz Huntley
Good Deeds
2012
as Lindsey
Retreat
2011
as Kate
The Prophet
2011
as Narrator
For Colored Girls
2010
as Tangie / Orange
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
as Rosemary
Huge
2010
as Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
2012
2009
as Laura Wilson
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
W.
2008
as Condoleezza Rice
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Self
RocknRolla
2008
as Stella
Run Fatboy Run
2007
as Libby
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007
as Self
Norbit
2007
as Kate Thomas
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
as Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
as The Mona Lisa
Crash
2005
as Christine Thayer
American Dad!
2005
as Makeva (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Dame Vaako
Shade
2003
as Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Regina Lambert
It Was an Accident
2000
as Noreen Hurlock
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as Nyah Hall
Beloved
1998
as Beloved
Besieged
1998
as Shandurai
In Your Dreams
1997
as Clare
Gridlock'd
1997
as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
The Leading Man
1996
as Hilary Rule
The Journey of August King
1995
as Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Yvette
ER
1994
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
Loaded
1994
as Zita
The Young Americans
1993
as Rachael Stevens
Pirate Prince
1991
as Becky Newton
Flirting
1991
as Thandiwe Adjewa