Thandiwe Newton

Acting

Thandiwe Newton

Born November 6, 1972London, England, UK78 credits

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

Filmography

Anaconda
2025Anaconda
as Claire SimonsMovie
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)Movie
President
2023President
Executive ProducerMovie
Wednesday
2022Wednesday
as Dr. Rachael FairburnTV
God's Country
2022God's Country
as Sandra GuidryMovie
All the Old Knives
2022All the Old Knives
as Celia HarrisonMovie
Human Resources
2022Human Resources
as Mona (voice)TV
Reminiscence
2021Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' SandersMovie
Gringo
2018Gringo
as Bonnie SoyinkaMovie
Family Feud
2018Family Feud
as JoanMovie
Big Mouth
2017Big Mouth
as Mona (voice)TV
Liyana
2017Liyana
Executive ProducerMovie
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Westworld
2016Westworld
as Maeve MillayTV
The Slap
2015The Slap
as AishaTV
Rogue
2013Rogue
as Grace TravisTV
Line of Duty
2012Line of Duty
as DCI Roz HuntleyTV
Good Deeds
2012Good Deeds
as LindseyMovie
Retreat
2011Retreat
as KateMovie
The Prophet
2011The Prophet
as NarratorMovie
For Colored Girls
2010For Colored Girls
as Tangie / OrangeMovie
Huge
2010Huge
as KrisMovie
2012
20092012
as Laura WilsonMovie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special GuestTV
W.
2008W.
as Condoleezza RiceMovie
RocknRolla
2008RocknRolla
as StellaMovie
Run Fatboy Run
2007Run Fatboy Run
as LibbyMovie
Norbit
2007Norbit
as Kate ThomasMovie
Crash
2005Crash
as Christine ThayerMovie
American Dad!
2005American Dad!
as Makeva (voice)TV
Shade
2003Shade
as TiffanyMovie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
The Truth About Charlie
2002The Truth About Charlie
as Regina LambertMovie
It Was an Accident
2000It Was an Accident
as Noreen HurlockMovie
Beloved
1998Beloved
as BelovedMovie
Besieged
1998Besieged
as ShanduraiMovie
In Your Dreams
1997In Your Dreams
as ClareMovie
Elle Style Awards
1997Elle Style Awards
as Self - WinnerTV
Gridlock'd
1997Gridlock'd
as CookieMovie
The Leading Man
1996The Leading Man
as Hilary RuleMovie
Jefferson in Paris
1995Jefferson in Paris
as Sally HemingsMovie
ER
1994ER
as Makemba 'Kem' LikasuTV
Loaded
1994Loaded
as ZitaMovie
The Young Americans
1993The Young Americans
as Rachael StevensMovie
Pirate Prince
1991Pirate Prince
as Becky NewtonMovie
Flirting
1991Flirting
as Thandiwe AdjewaMovie