Thandiwe Newton
8.3Acting

Thandiwe Newton

Nov 6, 1972 - London, England, UK

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2000Mission: Impossible IINyah Hall
Movie2006The Pursuit of HappynessLinda
Movie1994Interview with the VampireYvette
Movie2005CrashChristine Thayer
Movie2008W.Condoleezza Rice
Movie2004The Chronicles of RiddickDame Vaako
Movie2022God's CountrySandra Guidry
Movie1991FlirtingThandiwe Adjewa
Movie2007Run Fatboy RunLibby
Movie1993The Young AmericansRachael Stevens
Movie2007NorbitKate Thomas
Movie1997Gridlock'dBarbara 'Cookie' Cook
Movie2002The Truth About CharlieRegina Lambert
Movie2008RocknRollaStella
Movie20092012Laura Wilson
Movie2003ShadeTiffany
Movie2010Vanishing on 7th StreetRosemary
Movie1995The Journey of August KingAnnalees
Movie2012Good DeedsLindsey
Movie2010For Colored GirlsTangie / Orange
Movie1998BesiegedShandurai
Movie1996The Leading ManHilary Rule
Movie1998BelovedBeloved
Movie2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetGinger (voice)
Movie1994LoadedZita
Movie2011RetreatKate
Movie2013Half of a Yellow SunOlanna
Movie2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleSelf
Movie2000It Was an AccidentNoreen Hurlock
Movie1995Jefferson in ParisSally Hemings
Movie1991Pirate PrinceBecky Newton
Movie2024Mufasa: The Lion KingEshe (voice)
Movie2010HugeKris
Movie2018GringoBonnie Soyinka
Movie2019The Death & Life of John F. DonovanJournalist
Movie1997In Your DreamsClare
Movie2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryVal
Movie2011The ProphetNarrator
Movie2017Bill Cosby: Fall of an American IconSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2021ReminiscenceEmily 'Watts' Sanders
Movie20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicSelf
Movie2006The Interrogation of Leo and LisaThe Mona Lisa
Movie2010The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectiveSelf
Movie2007Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American DreamSelf
Movie2007Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Movie2022All the Old KnivesCelia Harrison
Movie2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent TimesSelf
Movie2018Family FeudJoan
Movie2025Anaconda
TV Show2005American Dad!Makeva (voice)1
TV Show2015The SlapAisha8
TV Show2016WestworldMaeve Millay36
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf1
TV Show2013RogueGrace Travis40
TV Show2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Special Guest1
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf2
TV Show2012Line of DutyDCI Roz Huntley6
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2018Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaNarrator (voice)14
TV Show2022Human ResourcesMona (voice)1
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show1994ERMakemba 'Kem' Likasu10
TV Show2018The Big Narstie ShowSelf1
TV Show2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf1
TV Show2017Big MouthMona (voice)4
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf1
TV ShowN/AThe Wanted Man0
TV Show2013Rogue10
TV Show2017Big Mouth9

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Movie2023PresidentExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2017LiyanaExecutive ProducerProduction