Thandiwe Newton
Born: 1972-11-06 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Anaconda as Claire Simons
2024
- Mufasa: The Lion King as Eshe (voice)
2023
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Ginger (voice)
- President ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Wednesday as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
- Human Resources as Mona (voice)
- All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
- God's Country as Sandra Guidry
2021
- Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2020
2019
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Journalist
2018
- Solo: A Star Wars Story as Val
- Family Feud as Joan
- The Big Narstie Show as Self
- Gringo as Bonnie Soyinka
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Big Mouth as Mona (voice)
- Liyana ... (Executive Producer)
- Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
- Westworld as Maeve Millay
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Slap as Aisha
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- Rogue as Grace Travis
- Half of a Yellow Sun as Olanna
2012
- Line of Duty as DCI Roz Huntley
- Good Deeds as Lindsey
2011
- Retreat as Kate
- The Prophet as Narrator
2010
- Huge as Kris
- Vanishing on 7th Street as Rosemary
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- For Colored Girls as Tangie / Orange
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
- 2012 as Laura Wilson
2008
- RocknRolla as Stella
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self
- W. as Condoleezza Rice
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Norbit as Kate Thomas
- Run Fatboy Run as Libby
- Father and Son: On Screen and Off
- Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream as Self
2006
- The Pursuit of Happyness as Linda
- The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa as The Mona Lisa
2005
- American Dad! as Makeva (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Crash as Christine Thayer
2004
- The Chronicles of Riddick as Dame Vaako
2003
- Shade as Tiffany
2002
- The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert
2000
- Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Hall
- It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock
1997
- Gridlock'd as Cookie
- In Your Dreams as Clare
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Leading Man as Hilary Rule
1995
- Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings
- The Journey of August King as Annalees
1994
- ER as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
- Interview with the Vampire as Yvette
- Loaded as Zita
1993
- The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens
1991
- Pirate Prince as Becky Newton
- Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa