Thandiwe Newton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1972
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Cry to Heaven TBA
Actor
Anaconda 2025
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King 2024
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023
as Ginger (voice)
President 2023
Executive Producer
God's Country 2022
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives 2022
as Celia Harrison
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
Solo: A Star Wars Story 2018
as Val
Gringo 2018
as Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud 2018
as Joan
Liyana 2017
Executive Producer
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon 2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Half of a Yellow Sun 2013
as Olanna
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
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective 2010
as Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic 2010
as Self
2012 2009
as Laura Wilson
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
Actor
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
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 Cookie
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
Loaded 1994
as Zita
The Young Americans 1993
as Rachael Stevens
Pirate Prince 1991
as Becky Newton
Flirting 1991
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Credits from TMDB.