Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

1972-11-06

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.

Also appears in

Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa: The Lion King

6.9

2012

2012

5.8

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness

7.9

Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II

6.1

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

7.0

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story

6.6

Norbit

Norbit

5.7

Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

7.4

Crash

Crash

7.2

The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick

6.5

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

6.6

RocknRolla

RocknRolla

7.0

W.

W.

6.2

Gringo

Gringo

5.9

All the Old Knives

All the Old Knives

6.0

Beloved

Beloved

5.7

The Truth About Charlie

The Truth About Charlie

4.8

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

6.0

Shade

Shade

6.2

Vanishing on 7th Street

Vanishing on 7th Street

5.3