Thandiwe Newton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-11-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Thandiwe Newton

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

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Westworld

    Westworld

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • ER

    ER

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Line of Duty

    Line of Duty

  • 2012

    2012

  • The Pursuit of Happyness

    The Pursuit of Happyness

  • Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

  • Norbit

    Norbit

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • Anaconda

    Anaconda

  • Rogue

    Rogue

  • Rogue

    Rogue

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

  • The Truth About Charlie

    The Truth About Charlie

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

    Half of a Yellow Sun

  • RocknRolla

    RocknRolla

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • The Chronicles of Riddick

    The Chronicles of Riddick

  • The Journey of August King

    The Journey of August King

  • The Big Narstie Show

    The Big Narstie Show

  • The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

    The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

  • It Was an Accident

    It Was an Accident

  • Shade

    Shade

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • All the Old Knives

    All the Old Knives

  • Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

  • The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

  • W.

    W.

  • The Young Americans

    The Young Americans

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Gridlock'd

    Gridlock'd

  • Retreat

    Retreat

  • 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

  • Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris

  • Loaded

    Loaded

  • Vanishing on 7th Street

    Vanishing on 7th Street

  • Besieged

    Besieged

  • Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

    Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

  • Good Deeds

    Good Deeds

  • For Colored Girls

    For Colored Girls

  • Family Feud

    Family Feud

  • Run Fatboy Run

    Run Fatboy Run

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

  • Pirate Prince

    Pirate Prince

  • Gringo

    Gringo

  • God's Country

    God's Country

  • Huge

    Huge

  • Flirting

    Flirting

  • The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

  • In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

  • The Wanted Man

    The Wanted Man

  • Father and Son: On Screen and Off

    Father and Son: On Screen and Off

  • The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

  • Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

    Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

  • Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

    Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

  • The Prophet

    The Prophet