Thandiwe Newton
Acting
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
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movieAnaconda
2025
Claire Simons
movieMufasa: The Lion King
2024
Eshe (voice)
movieChicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
Ginger (voice)
tvWednesday
2022
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
movieGod's Country
2022
Sandra Guidry
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self - Guest
movieAll the Old Knives
2022
Celia Harrison
tvHuman Resources
2022
Mona (voice)
movieReminiscence
2021
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
tvWomen Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020
Narrator (voice)
movieGringo
2018
Bonnie Soyinka
tvBig Mouth
2017
Mona (voice)
movieBill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvWestworld
2016
Maeve Millay
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
tvThe Slap
2015
Aisha
tvRogue
2013
Grace Travis
tvLine of Duty
2012
DCI Roz Huntley
movieGood Deeds
2012
Lindsey
movieRetreat
2011
Kate
movieThe Prophet
2011
Narrator
movieFor Colored Girls
2010
Tangie / Orange
movieVanishing on 7th Street
2010
Rosemary
movieHuge
2010
Kris
movie2012
2009
Laura Wilson
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self - Special Guest / Self - Guest Judge
movieW.
2008
Condoleezza Rice
movieRocknRolla
2008
Stella
movieNorbit
2007
Kate Thomas
movieThe Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
The Mona Lisa
movieCrash
2005
Christine Thayer
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Makeva (voice)
movieThe Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Dame Vaako
movieShade
2003
Tiffany
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest / Self
movieThe Truth About Charlie
2002
Regina Lambert
movieIt Was an Accident
2000
Noreen Hurlock
movieMission: Impossible II
2000
Nyah Hall
movieBeloved
1998
Beloved
movieBesieged
1998
Shandurai
tvElle Style Awards
1997
Self - Winner
movieGridlock'd
1997
Cookie
movieThe Leading Man
1996
Hilary Rule
movieJefferson in Paris
1995
Sally Hemings
tvER
1994
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
movieLoaded
1994
Zita
movieThe Young Americans
1993
Rachael Stevens
moviePirate Prince
1991
Becky Newton
movieFlirting
1991
Thandiwe Adjewa
movieCry to Heaven
Mariana Treschi
Production2
moviePresident
2023
Executive Producer
movieLiyana
2017
Executive Producer