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Thandiwe Newton

Acting

Born November 6, 1972 · London, England, UK

Also known as 탠디 뉴튼 · Тэнди Ньютон · تندی نیوتن

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 · 2019
  • OkayAfrica 100 Women · 2019
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 2018
  • Primetime Emmy Award · 2018
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  • Black Reel AwardsTelevision · 2017
  • Actor Awards · 2006
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actress in a Supporting Role · 2006
  • Black Reel Awards · 2006
  • British Academy Film Awards · 2006
  • Empire Awards · 2006
  • London Film Critics' Circle · 2006

Filmography50+ titles

Liyana

2017Executive Producer

Wednesday

2022as Dr. Rachael Fairburn

Line of Duty

2012as DCI Roz Huntley

Westworld

2016as Maeve Millay

The Pursuit of Happyness

2006as Linda

The Prophet

2011as Narrator

ER

1994as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

Big Mouth

2017

President

2021Executive Producer

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994as Yvette

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024as Eshe (voice)

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Crash

2004as Christine Thayer

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

2018as Narrator (voice)

RocknRolla

2008as Stella

American Dad!

2005as Makeva (voice)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023as Ginger (voice)

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2018as Journalist

Rogue

2013as Grace Travis

For Colored Girls

2010as Tangie / Orange

Besieged

1998as Shandurai

Human Resources

2022as Mona (voice)

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018as Val

The Chronicles of Riddick

2004as Dame Vaako

Gridlock'd

1997as Cookie

Reminiscence

2021as Emily 'Watts' Sanders

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Good Deeds

2012as Lindsey

W.

2008as Condoleezza Rice

Shade

2003as Tiffany

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Mission: Impossible II

2000as Nyah Hall

All the Old Knives

2022as Celia Harrison

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008as Self

Anaconda

2025as Claire Simons

Gringo

2018as Bonnie Soyinka

The Slap

2015as Aisha

2012

2009as Laura Wilson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Beloved

1998as Beloved

Norbit

2007as Kate Thomas

The Young Americans

1993as Rachael Stevens

God's Country

2022as Sandra Guidry

Retreat

2011as Kate

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Vanishing on 7th Street

2010as Rosemary

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Guest

Jefferson in Paris

1995as Sally Hemings

Half of a Yellow Sun

2013as Olanna