Thandiwe Newton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-11-06 (53 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

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

  • Westworld

    Westworld

  • ER

    ER

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Line of Duty

    Line of Duty

  • Anaconda

    Anaconda

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • 2012

    2012

  • The Pursuit of Happyness

    The Pursuit of Happyness

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Norbit

    Norbit

  • Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

  • Rogue

    Rogue

  • Rogue

    Rogue

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • Human Resources

    Human Resources

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

  • Besieged

    Besieged

  • Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

    Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

  • All the Old Knives

    All the Old Knives

  • The Truth About Charlie

    The Truth About Charlie

  • Retreat

    Retreat

  • Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

    Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Shade

    Shade

  • RocknRolla

    RocknRolla

  • The Chronicles of Riddick

    The Chronicles of Riddick

  • Good Deeds

    Good Deeds

  • Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

  • Family Feud

    Family Feud

  • Pirate Prince

    Pirate Prince

  • Flirting

    Flirting

  • Loaded

    Loaded

  • The Big Narstie Show

    The Big Narstie Show

  • Huge

    Huge

  • Run Fatboy Run

    Run Fatboy Run

  • Vanishing on 7th Street

    Vanishing on 7th Street

  • Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris

  • The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

  • The Young Americans

    The Young Americans

  • Gringo

    Gringo

  • Gridlock'd

    Gridlock'd

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

    Half of a Yellow Sun

  • The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

  • God's Country

    God's Country

  • For Colored Girls

    For Colored Girls

  • It Was an Accident

    It Was an Accident

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

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

  • Cry to Heaven

    Cry to Heaven

  • 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

  • W.

    W.

  • Father and Son: On Screen and Off

    Father and Son: On Screen and Off

  • The Journey of August King

    The Journey of August King

  • In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

  • The Wanted Man

    The Wanted Man

  • The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

    The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

  • The Prophet

    The Prophet

  • Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

    Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream