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Thandiwe Newton
Born · November 6, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Bio
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.
Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
6.9
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
7.0
2023
God's Country
Sandra Guidry
5.7
2022
All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
6.0
2022
Human Resources
Mona (voice) · (1 episode)
6.6
2022
Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
6.6
2021
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
10.0
2020
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
6.9
2019
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice) · (14 episodes)
7.4
2018
The Big Narstie Show
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
6.6
2018
Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
5.9
2018
Family Feud
Joan
0.0
2018
Big Mouth
Mona (voice) · (4 episodes)
7.7
2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self - Narrator (voice)
10.0
2017
Westworld
Maeve Millay · (36 episodes)
8.0
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
The Slap
Aisha · (8 episodes)
6.1
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2014
Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna
5.0
2013
Rogue
Grace Travis · (40 episodes)
6.9
2013
Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley · (6 episodes)
8.3
2012
Good Deeds
Lindsey
6.2
2012
Retreat
Kate
5.6
2011
The Prophet
Narrator
7.8
2011
For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
6.7
2010
Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
5.3
2010
Huge
Kris
5.6
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
7.0
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
7.8
2010
2012
Laura Wilson
5.8
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
W.
Condoleezza Rice
6.2
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
6.0
2008
RocknRolla
Stella
7.0
2008
Run Fatboy Run
Libby
6.2
2007
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
6.0
2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
9.0
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Norbit
Kate Thomas
5.7
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
7.9
2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Mona Lisa
10.0
2006
Crash
Christine Thayer
7.2
2005
American Dad!
Makeva (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.0
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
6.5
2004
Shade
Tiffany
6.2
2003
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
4.8
2002
It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
7.0
2000
Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
6.1
2000
Beloved
Beloved
5.7
1998
Besieged
Shandurai
6.7
1998
In Your Dreams
Clare
5.5
1997
Gridlock'd
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
6.6
1997
The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
5.2
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
The Journey of August King
Annalees
6.7
1995
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
5.1
1995
Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
7.4
1994
ER
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu · (10 episodes)
7.8
1994
Loaded
Zita
3.9
1994
The Young Americans
Rachael Stevens
5.8
1993
Pirate Prince
Becky Newton
10.0
1991
Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
6.8
1991