Thandiwe Newton
Acting
Born: November 6, 1972 (age 53) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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
2012
2009
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
Wednesday
2022
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Westworld
2016
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Crash
2005
RocknRolla
2008
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Norbit
2007
Photos (11)
Movies (43)
2012
Laura Wilson
Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
Anaconda
Claire Simons
Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
Crash
Christine Thayer
Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Norbit
Kate Thomas
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
RocknRolla
Stella
Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
Shade
Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
Gridlock'd
Cookie
W.
Condoleezza Rice
God's Country
Sandra Guidry
Run Fatboy Run
Libby
Beloved
Beloved
It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
The Young Americans
Rachael Stevens
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
Family Feud
Joan
Retreat
Kate
For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
Good Deeds
Lindsey
The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
Huge
Kris
Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna
Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
The Journey of August King
Annalees
Besieged
Shandurai
In Your Dreams
Clare
Pirate Prince
Becky Newton
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Mona Lisa
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
The Prophet
Narrator
Loaded
Zita
TV Shows (12)
American Dad!
Makeva (voice) · 1 eps
Wednesday
Dr. Rachael Fairburn · 3 eps
ER
Kem Likasu · 10 eps
Westworld
Maeve Millay · 36 eps
Big Mouth
Mona (voice) · 4 eps
Big Mouth
9 eps
Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley · 6 eps
Human Resources
Mona (voice) · 1 eps
Rogue
Grace Travis · 40 eps
Rogue
10 eps
The Slap
Aisha · 8 eps
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
Self / Appearances (24)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
The Word
Self · 1 eps
The Big Narstie Show
Self · 1 eps
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self - Narrator (voice)
